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* Blackburn - The Haitian spectacle had an impact directly on the British consideration of slavery.
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* Bailey - The failure in Haiti re-defined the world, not just because France [[The Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase|sold off the Louisiana Territory]] giving way to US expansion, but also because it was the fall of European Colonialism.  Since France no longer had an important presence here, and because of the defeat of the British, the door to US dominance in the Western Hemisphere was wide open.
  
* In the French Literary References to the revolution, the word "Revolution" was assiduously avoided in favor of words like "revolt, uprising, mutiny, perfidy, and fierce Africans." (Hoffman)
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* (?) The exodus from [[Haiti]] by planters fleeing the revolt was (I think?) the first influx of immigrants into the new world, representing a not insignificant immigrant population.
  
* Until about 1794, colonies had been considered property of the Crown.  Once the directorate accepted the idea that colonies were part of the mother country (like Ireland is to England), it caused a fundamental shift in how the French though about how to resolve issues in the colony. (Popkin)  [In part, this confusion accounts for Toussaint's stutter steps in the dance towards independence.
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* Haiti's lesson in the consciousness of American [[slave]] owners
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* Haiti's example to American slave revolts
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* Haiti's support of [[Simon Bolivar]] and his struggle to free South America

Latest revision as of 13:27, 15 December 2005

  • Bailey - The failure in Haiti re-defined the world, not just because France sold off the Louisiana Territory giving way to US expansion, but also because it was the fall of European Colonialism. Since France no longer had an important presence here, and because of the defeat of the British, the door to US dominance in the Western Hemisphere was wide open.
  • (?) The exodus from Haiti by planters fleeing the revolt was (I think?) the first influx of immigrants into the new world, representing a not insignificant immigrant population.
  • Haiti's lesson in the consciousness of American slave owners
  • Haiti's example to American slave revolts
  • Haiti's support of Simon Bolivar and his struggle to free South America