Sugar's Revolution and the Impact of the Haitian Revolution on Cuba

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers key figures, events, and economic shifts described in Chapter 6 regarding the rise of the sugar industry and antislavery movements in Cuba.

Francisco Arango

A wealthy lawyer and planter who petitioned the Spanish King to liberalize the slave trade, arguing that increasing the labor supply was vital for Cuba's sugar industry.

La Ninfa

The large and modern sugar mill owned by Francisco Arango, which symbolized the industrial shift in Cuba's economy in the late 18th century.

Luis de Las Casas

The Spanish governor of Havana in 1790 who became an active sugar planter himself after receiving the Amistad plantation as a gift from local residents.

Saint-Domingue

The French colony that was the world's most profitable producer of sugar and coffee until its slave rebellion in 1791.

Haitian Revolution

A world-historical event starting in 1791 that led to the abolition of slavery in French territories and the 1804 founding of the first nation established by former slaves.

Sugar Revolution

The rapid economic transformation of Cuba into a single-crop export economy dependent on large-scale plantations and a massive increase in the enslaved African population.

Conucos

Garden plots originally named by the Native Taínos that enslaved people used for food production, which were often lost during the expansion of sugar land.

Boiling house

A structure on sugar plantations where workers processed cane juice in copper vats to turn it into various grades of sugar through constant heating.

Derby's dose

A brutal form of corporal punishment and torture mentioned in accounts of the mistreatment of enslaved people in the Güines region.

Juan Barbier

A free Black man originally from Charleston, South Carolina, who assumed the identity of a Haitian general to lead a rebellion against slavery in Havana in 1812.

José Antonio Aponte

A free Black carpenter and militia veteran who masterminded the 1812 conspiracy to overthrow the colonial government and end the institution of slavery in Cuba.

Aponte's Book of Paintings

A secret manuscript containing hand-drawn maps and diverse imagery used to educate and inspire co-conspirators by showing a world where Black leaders held power.

Slave society

A societal categorization indicating that the system of slavery has become the central influence on all political, social, and economic aspects of life.