What caused the Haitian Revolution?
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Why was there tension between the following group: Big and small whites
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Why was there tension between the following group: Mulattoes and Small whites.
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Why was there tension between the following group: Black Slaves and Mulattoes
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Why was there tension between the following group: Haitian and African born slaves.
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Topic sentence: A second cause of the Haitian Revolution was new ideas.
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During the French Revolution the French demanded liberty, equality and brotherhood. This New Idea spread to Haiti.
Vincent Uge wanted equality for ‘Mulattoes’ in Haiti. After reading the slogan ‘liberty, equality, fraternity’ he felt that French law should apply to Haiti as well as France.
Uge killed (broken on the wheel). The Big whites on the Island decided to make an example of Oge and publicly executed him by brutally breaking him on the wheel.
With the death of Oge, the fear in Haiti grew to epidemic proportions. It was obvious that something big was about to happen in Haiti.
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Topic sentence: A further cause of the Revolution was the role of Dutty Boukman.
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Dutty Boukman was a slave born in the British colony of Jamaica
Boukman seems to have been an intelligent and charismatic man who possessed strong leadership qualities.
Boukman performs a voodoo ceremony. A voodoo ceremony was the ideal place to start a rebellion. It was permitted by the whites as a means of releasing tension.
On August 14th 1789, a group of slaves, led by Boukman, took their torches and cane knives and the haitian revolution began.
