Unit 2 study terms; The Haitian Revolution

Island of Hispaniola

The second largest island in the Caribbean. Home to modern day countries of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Tainos

Indigenous people who lived in the Caribbean. They were the first indigenous people to come in contact with Columbus.

Christopher Columbus

"Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs

Bartolome de las Casas

Spanish colonist who was shocked by how other Spanish treated the indigenous populations. He later became a monk and wrote about the atrocities committed by the Spanish.

Guacanagari

Taino leader (cacique) who welcomed Columbus.

Anacaona

Taino ruler (cacique) who resisted Spanish demand for labor.

Cacique

Taino ruler

Enriques rebellion

Enrique was a Taino who led the rebellion against Spanish rule.

Gold

“a yellow precious metal

Sugar

“a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants

Treaty of Ryswick

A treaty that the French and Spanish both signed in order to divide the Island.

Santo Domingo

This was the Spanish side of the island.

Saint Domingue

The French side of the island.

The transatlantic slave trade

“The forced migration of over 12 million enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas

White planters (grand blanc)

These were people who owned the plantations and owned enslaved people.

Affranchis/ mixed race populations

They are free people of color

Sugar plantations

The places in Saint Domangue who provided sugar and sent it back to Europe.

The French Revolution

“A period of political and societal change in France”

Voodoo

A religion popular in Africa and among enslaved people.

Bois Caiman ceremony

A large gathering for enslaved people who were Voodoo.

Boukman Duty

A slave and voodoo priest.

Toussaint L’Ouverture

He was a black man who lived in modern day Haiti

Sonthonax

He was a French Commissioner sent to Saint Domingue.

Jean Jacques Dessalines

He was one of Toussaint L'Ouverture's most prestigious generals who was formally enslaved.

Napoleon Bonaparte

He was a french general (in France not Saint Domingue.