Haitian Revolution Video 1

What crop did the enslaved harvest on the French colony of Saint-Domingue?

What is a slave society?

• A society in which social mobility is possible for all individuals, and slavery is uncommon.

• A society where only voluntary labor is used for economic production, and there are no laws enforcing servitude.

• A society where all individuals are born with equal rights and freedoms, and there is no class system.

• A society structured around slavery, and in which a significant portion of the population is enslaved, often contributing to the economy.

Drag and drop the terms that best describe the relationship between the two types of White people in Saint-Domingue?

Big Whites (Grand Blancs)​​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​

Little Whites (Petit Blancs) ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• rich
• poor
• plantation manager
• plantation owner

Where did the island's Free People of Color come from? (choose up to two)

• The freed children of Big Whites and enslaved Black women

• Migrants from France who came to the island

• Shipped in from Africa as free men

• Slaves freed by their masters on Saint-Domingue