Sugar Changed the World Part 3

What is significant about the story of Pauline?

• Her story shows the conflict between what the French thought of slaves in France and slaves in the sugar islands.

• Her story shows why religion is important.

• Her story shows that the church and the government viewed slavery differently.

Who is Pierre Lemerre the Younger?

• The man who seized power in France after the French Revolution.

• The man who told Madame Villeneuve that Pauline had to go back to the sugar islands with her.

• The man who made the case that all slaves should be freed.

Who wrote an essay in England about the legality of slavery that influenced the abolitionist movement in that country?

• Thomas Thistlewood

• Pierre Lemerre

• Winston Churchill

• Thomas Clarkson

What happened in July of 1789?

• Thomas Jefferson finished writing the Declaration of Independence.

• Parisians stormed the Bastille, setting off the French Revolution.

• The Female Society of Birmingham began to protest slavery.

• Abolitionists began to lose popularity in England.

Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture?

• A famous New Orleans musician who recorded a great record with Elvis Costello.

• A composer of songs sung by slaves on the sugar island of Saint Domingue.

• A French abolitionist.

• The leader of the slave revolt in Haiti.

Saint Domingue is known today as...?

• Jamaica

• Haiti

• Brazil

• Pierre Part

What were the three great principles behind the French Revolution? (Choose THREE ANSWERS)

• Liberty

• Equality

• Prosperity

• Fraternity

Which of the following happened in 1779?

• A regiment of free black men fought in the American Revolution and came back with ideas of freedom.

• Toussaint and his armies fought back against the English.

• The British gave up on their mission to re-enslave the Haitians.

True or False: Thomas Jefferson supported the Haitian slave revolt.

• True

• False

What was Louisiana's role in the sugar industry in the late 1700s?

• Louisiana was the best place in the region to grow sugar.

• Louisiana gave former Haitian slave owners a second chance to produce sugar using slaves.

• Napoleon sold Louisiana to Thomas Jefferson for fifteen million dollars in 1803.