An informative PBS Documentary looking at the Haitian Revolution
Wednesday 26 October 2016
The Haitian Revolution 1791-1803 Independence and the End of Slavery
A longer more in depth look into the Haitian Revolution
Haitian Revoltuion Crash Course History video
The link below is a short video about the actual Revolution in Haiti by John Green.
A Timeline of the Important Events of the Haitian Revolution
The following link will take you to a Timeline of some of the important events of the Haitian Revolution.
It also contains the important event of the French and American Revolutions which go hand in hand with the insurrection in Haiti.
A Revolution in Haiti
The following link deals with the Haitian Revolution. It deals primarily with the "Social Triggers" or the "Causes of the Haitian Revolution".
http://scholar.library.miami.edu/slaves/san_domingo_revolution/individual_essay/david.html
Slave laws in the Caribbean
Below is a link to a PowerPoint presentation by Rashad Andrewin on the slave laws that were used in the Caribbean.
It deals with the following points:
- The Institution of Slave Laws in the Caribbean
- The British Slave Laws
- The French Slave Laws
- The Spanish Slave Laws
The Control and Treatment of the Slaves
The following link deals with the Control and Treatment of the African slaves on the plantation. THe following areas are covered:
- Slavery and the law
- Slave laws and Codes in the British Caribbean
- Punishments
- Manumission
- Marriage and Divorce
- Religion
- Education
- Forces of Law and Order
- Other Forms of slave control
- Pro-Slavery Alliances
- Amelioration
- Spanish Slave Code (Las Sietas partidas)
- French Code (Code Noir)
- Dutch and Danish Codes
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