Hatian Revolution DBQ
Hatian Revolution DBQ
The Haitian Revolution was a period of conflict in the French colony, it led to the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Haitian republic. The three documents that I chose are documents 2, 4, and 8. The point of view of document 2 is Toussaint L’ Ouverture (the leader of the Haitian Revolution). The point of view of document 4 is Henry Adams. The point of view of document 8 is Europeans. All of these point of views gave us insight on how everyone saw the revolution.
Document 2 is from the point of view of the leader of the Haitian Revolution after being captured and imprisoned by the French. He said, “In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of the black liberty in St.Domingue it will spring back form the roots, for they are numerous and deep.” Toussaint L’ Ouverture was saying that by overthrowing him they are messing with black liberty or trying to get rid of it , he uses a tree to represent black liberty and how the Europeans thing that they can just cut it down like nothing. He says that the Haitians will not give up without a fight. Even when you cut the trunk of a tree it grows back, just like the tree the Haitians will rise up because like the tree’s roots they are strong and they won’t give up easily. Toussaint L’ Ouverture’s point of view is this way because he believes in his people and knows that like him everyone wants to be free from the Europeans. Toussaint knows that the people are not weak and that they will fight for what they want. It was not only the Haitians who knew that race was a reason they were looked down on.
Henry Adams who is a historian and a descendant of John Adams knew that race was a huge thing that influenced slavery. He said “But the prejudice of race alone blinded the American people for the debt they owed to the desperate courage of 500,000 Haitian Negroes who would not be enslaved.” Adams is saying that the prejudice of race blinded the Americans for
The Haitian Revolution was a period of conflict in the French colony, it led to the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Haitian republic. The three documents that I chose are documents 2, 4, and 8. The point of view of document 2 is Toussaint L’ Ouverture (the leader of the Haitian Revolution). The point of view of document 4 is Henry Adams. The point of view of document 8 is Europeans. All of these point of views gave us insight on how everyone saw the revolution.
Document 2 is from the point of view of the leader of the Haitian Revolution after being captured and imprisoned by the French. He said, “In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of the black liberty in St.Domingue it will spring back form the roots, for they are numerous and deep.” Toussaint L’ Ouverture was saying that by overthrowing him they are messing with black liberty or trying to get rid of it , he uses a tree to represent black liberty and how the Europeans thing that they can just cut it down like nothing. He says that the Haitians will not give up without a fight. Even when you cut the trunk of a tree it grows back, just like the tree the Haitians will rise up because like the tree’s roots they are strong and they won’t give up easily. Toussaint L’ Ouverture’s point of view is this way because he believes in his people and knows that like him everyone wants to be free from the Europeans. Toussaint knows that the people are not weak and that they will fight for what they want. It was not only the Haitians who knew that race was a reason they were looked down on.
Henry Adams who is a historian and a descendant of John Adams knew that race was a huge thing that influenced slavery. He said “But the prejudice of race alone blinded the American people for the debt they owed to the desperate courage of 500,000 Haitian Negroes who would not be enslaved.” Adams is saying that the prejudice of race blinded the Americans for