Vocabulary - Haitian Revolution

When a system, practice, or institution is officially stopped

• abolition

• colonization

• sovereignty

• vodou

What is the meaning of ABOLITION

• When a system, practice, or institution is officially stopped

• The act of establishing control over the native people of an area

Formerly enslaved Haitian general and leader of the Haitiain Revolution, know for his military and strategic brilliance

• maroons

• affranchi

• Saint-Domingue

• Toussaint L'Overture

Who was Toussaint L'Overature?

• The group of wealthy free people of color that lived in Saint-Domingue

• Formerly enslaved Haitian general and leader of the Haitiain Revolution, know for his military and strategic brilliance

the act of taking control of an area or a country that is not your own, especially using force, and sending people from your own country to live there

• Code Noir (Black Code)

• Vodou

• colonization

• sovereignty

Which description below fits with COLONIZATION?

• A set of laws passed by the French King that defined slavery in the French empire.

• The act of establishing control over the native people of an area

Fugitive slaves who ran into the mountains to evade capture

• Toussaint L’Ouverture

• Code Noir

• Affranchis

• maroons

Who were the MAROONS?

• Wealthy free people of color living in Saint-Domingue who wanted to end racial discrimination against them

• Fugitive slaves who ran into the mountains to evade capture

A religion developed by the enslaved African people of Saint-Domingue in the 1700's and practiced in Haiti

• colonization

• Vodou

• affranchi

• Sovereignty

What is Vodou?

• A type of religion that many people in Haiti practiced

• French colony located on island of Hispaniola that was the most profitable colony in the world