Comparing the Latin American Wars of Independence and the Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution took place in 1791 through 1804. Six years later the Latin American Wars of independence began in the year of 1810. The wars ended in 1825. Both revolutions played an extremely important role in history for the fight for freedom. While the Haitian Revolution and Latin American Wars for Independence were different in the act of slave revolts and leadership of the revolutions, they were similar because both revolutions concluded in the abolition of slavery, and founding of a new state.
There, he worked briefly on a plantation before being sold to a British officer and commencing an active naval career during the Seven Years’ War and after. Purchasing his freedom after eleven years of slavery, he continued his maritime career and became a keen proponent of Methodism. A fairly prominent African in English society, he became heavily involved in the campaign to abolish the Atlantic slave trade, and published The Interesting Narrative largely to promote this cause. Although born in Africa, Olaudah Equiano was clearly a product of the European Enlightenment. The Interesting Narrative reveals this influence through the book’s radical arguments in favor of individual equality and its opposition to slavery as a cruel and inhumane practice contrary to enlightened society.
The Haitian revolution continued under his lieutenants Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Henri Christopher, where a combination of slave strength and yellow fever defeated the massive French army. On January 1, 1804, Dessalines proclaimed independence of the western part of Hispaniola, giving it the name of Haiti. Haiti’s independence was an influential victory towards the exploited slaves of the New World; it gave them hope and helps build their courage. Latin American elites were startled by the slave’s courage that won Haiti its independence form
Chapter 20 Study Guide Vocabulary: 1. Factories - Portuguese trading fortresses and compounds with resident merchants; utilized throughout Portuguese trading empire to assure secure landing places and commerce 2. El Mina - most important of early Portuguese trading factories in the forest zone of Africa. 3. Royal African Company - chartered in 1660s to establish a monopoly over the slave trade among British merchants; supplied African slaves to colonies Barbados, Jamaica, and Virginia 4. triangular trade - commerce linking Africa, the new world colonies, and Europe; slaves carried to America for sugar, and tobacco transported to Europe 5.
It Latin America, Haiti had the unique position of being the first independent Black Country. A country made up of freed slaves who fought for, and won, their independence. Revolution in Haiti’s Saint Domingue began
This meant that slavery was permitted in areas that the climate permitted slave based farming. Slaves were linked directly to tobacco even though in 1787 was on the decline. An English textile industry had a need for cotton. Eli Whitney in 1793, invented the cotton gin which meant a larger need for slavery and ended up in slaves to advance. By 1819 new states were all being added as slave states.
These codes gave slave-owners absolute power over the African slaves. The Stono Rebellion (sometimes called Cato's Conspiracy or Cato's Rebellion) was a slave rebellion that commenced on 9 September 1739, in the colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies prior to the American Revolution. [1] Stono-One of the earliest known organized rebellions in the present United States, the uprising was led by native Africans who were Catholic and likely from the Kingdom of Kongo, which had been Catholic since 1491 Mercantilism is the economic doctrine that government control of foreign trade is of paramount importance for ensuring the prosperity and military security of the state. In particular, it demands a positive balance of trade.
Many similarities arose with in the colonies mostly the hope of gold, resources, and virgin lands drew English colonists to the Southern Colonies. Their economy was driven by plantations, initially worked by indentured servants, a labor force which was largely replaced in the early 18th century by slaves imported from Africa, except for Georgia, where most plantations were worked by debtors. Colonial South Carolina relied mainly on the Indian slave trade and deerskin. Rice plantations, and later other cash crops like cotton, worked by African slaves overtook the Indian trade as the colony's economic foundation. The ports of Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia traded with Great Britain slave ships from Africa and the Caribbean.
These revolutions followed the American and French Revolutions, which had profound effects on the Spanish, Portuguese and French colonies in the Americans. Simon Bolivar was an influence of the Latin American Revolution. His goals were to mold the former Spanish colonies of South America into a confederation just like the U.S. The Latin American War of Independence comprised numerous wars and conflicts which took place between 1808 - 1829. He fought against Spanish rule in 1811 with the inspiration of George Washington.
They were viewed as property, and treated like animals. Slaves were bread like animals, housed like animals, and fed like animals. Under no circumstance did a slave ever receive sympathy of any kind from their masters because they were seen as individuals that were not capable of making their own decisions. No matter how long or how hard they worked for their masters, nothing was ever good enough. Overall, the white slave holders saw slaves as utterly worthless if unsuited for work or unable to obey simple commands.