Western Civilization II / Unit 7 WC2 0616 short lesson, about 20 seconds
St. Domingue: A Slave Revolt Forces Abolition, 1791 to 1794
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The idea
In St. Domingue, where slaves were ninety percent of the population by the anchor's count, the slaves learned of the promise and rose in summer seventeen ninety-one. French authority collapsed, and slavery was abolished in February ninety-four because force could not hold it.
In practice
The witness: Louverture; Haiti independent in eighteen-oh-four.
Where people slip
Granted, the anchor says, because it could not be refused.
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