How did the white colonial elite of saint-domingue respond to the ideals of revolutionary france?

6.1: Liberal and National Revolutions

Revolutions can be contagious. In five short decades from 1775 to 1825, several revolutions in the Americas and Europe brought down the colonial system and European monarchies that had been profiting from it. Created by World History Project.

6.1: Liberal and National Revolutions

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Review: Revolution in the Colonies and the French Republican Tradition

Reviewed Works: A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804 by Laurent Dubois; Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution by Laurent Dubois; Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804: A Brief History with Documents by Laurent Dubois, John D. Garrigus

Review by: Jeremy D. Popkin

French Politics, Culture & Society

Vol. 25, No. 1 (Spring 2007)

, pp. 95-107 (13 pages)

Published By: Berghahn Books

https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843487

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What effect did the French Revolution have on Saint

The French Revolution had a great impact on the colony. St. Domingue's white minority split into Royalist and Revolutionary factions, while the mixed-race population campaigned for civil rights.

How does the Saint

Haiti. …to France, which renamed it Saint-Domingue. The colony's population and economic output grew rapidly during the 18th century, and it became France's most prosperous New World possession, exporting sugar and smaller amounts of coffee, cacao, indigo, and cotton.

Why did the Africans of Saint

The Africans mostly opposed the French Revolution and wanted to ally with Britain. The Africans knew that if Saint-Domingue's independence were to be led by white slave masters, it would probably mean even harsher treatment and increased injustice for the slaves.

What happened to the French colony of Saint

The last French troops withdrew from the western portion of the island in late 1803, and the colony later declared its independence as Haiti, its indigenous name, the following year.