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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The cause of Haitian Revolution



By Sharique

There was a time when blacks were abused by Europeans and Americans in 1700s. When ships were taken to African shores and blacks with entire family were taken to Europe as slaves. Can’t be ignored, 20 million African blacks were killed of cruelty of Europeans in that time. They had brought blacks to their land and use them as slaves in their factories and agriculture sector, 90% of factories and 80% of agriculture were run by African slaves. Various times, rules drafted and made them law for the rights of black slaves but never came into practice ever. Muslim Africans were converted into Christianity. 

Dutty boukman was the revolutionist who started rebellion against white racial concept on 14th august 1791 in which due to rape, pillage, torture and mutilation 100,000 blacks killed and 24,000 whites killed. 180 sugar plantations were burned and hundreds of coffee and indigo plantations were burned. New elected legislative assembly in France granted rights to the blacks to avoid disastrous outcome, but entire Europe opposed rights to blacks. In 1794, slavery abolished by national convention but wars between British and other states started against France who granted the rights to the black people. 

Eventually in 1880, slave trade comes to an end but afterwards more 10 million blacks were killed of cruelty. This was the racial and cruel Europe whom people think of the best system in the world which had done worst in their time and to present day.