Haitian Revolution Social Groups

Which group is represented below?

As the ideals of the French Revolution swept across the Atlantic, this group let loose their rivalry against the grands blancs.  Largely ignoring the Mulattoes, they clamored for political equality and active citizenship. As rebellion broke out amongst the slaves, this group banded with the great whites—even as many Mulattoes joined the ranks of the slaves. 

• Mixed Race people of color

• Enslaved Africans

• Grand Blancs

• Petite Blancs

• Taino Arawaks

Which group is represented below?

These were those who had prospered economically in the colony. They were the owners of the plantations, the great merchants, and the wealthy agents of the maritime bourgeoisie. The planters on the island often “hated the life and sought only to make enough money to retire to France or at least spend a few months in Paris. They wanted greater control over their island and felt as though they were being held back in their trading by the French bourgeois.  

• Petite Blancs

• Grand Blancs

• Taino Arawaks

• Free people of color/Mixed Race

Which group is represented below?

The vast majority of the population in Haiti were this group who worked on sugar, coffee, and other plantations. They were subjected to brutal and inhumane treatment by the French colonial authorities and rebelled against their enslavers to gain their freedom.

• Taino Arawaks

• Petite Blancs

• Enslaved Africans

• Maroons

Which Group is Represented Below?

These inhabitants of the island of Hispaniola, had been largely decimated by disease and colonial violence. However, a small number of individuals survived and continued to live in the remote mountainous areas of the island.

• Enslaved Africans

• Grand Blancs

• Free people of color/Mulattoes

• Taino Arawaks

Which Group is represented below?

One historic scenario involving the mulattoes during the Haitian Revolution is the story of Vincent Ogé, a wealthy free man of mixed-race ancestry who led a rebellion in 1790. Ogé had recently returned to Saint-Domingue after studying law in France, and he was outraged by the injustices faced by free people of color in the colony.

He organized a group of fellow people and began to demand more rights and freedoms from the colonial authorities.

• Mulattoes/Free people of color

• Taino

• Petite and Grand Blancs

• Enslaved Africans

How did John Adams respond to the Haitian Revolution?

• With support of the Enslaved rebellion.

• He was against the rebellion.

• Neither

• He did not know about the Rebellion.

How did Thomas Jefferson respond to the Rebellion?

• With Support and enthusiasm

• He was against it because he wanted to protect his own economic interests.

• Neither

• He was unaware of the situation.

Which event do you think is mentioned below?

This had a major effect on Saint-Domingue. It weakened the colonial government there. It also brought bold new ideas about liberty and equality to the colony.

• French Revolution

• American Revolution

• Haitian Revolution

• French and Indian War