It showed slaves elsewhere The price of cotton and coffee British troops invaded St. that the whites were not increased. Jamaica benefitted, Domingue in the hope of unbeatable temporarily, from all these protecting the planters and of increases; however, it was Cuba capturing the territory. that became the successor to St. Domingue as the world’s leading the sugar producer. In territories like St. Kitts and sugar industry benefitted Slave control was tightened in Cuba’s Antigua, there was a greater from the arrival of French other Caribbean territories. The fear of slave revolts that led to planters and technicians who plantocracy became more suspicion and fear of émigrés were instrumental in introducing repressive, there was firmer from St. Domingue new refining technology. resistance to privileges for coloreds or an easier life for slaves. Several territories in the The planters from St. Domingue The revolution inspired slave Caribbean including Jamaica, took their cash and their coffee resistance elsewhere for example Cuba, Trinidad, Puerto Rico planting to Jamaica Martinique, Guadeloupe and and Venezuela received an Grenada influx of refugees mainly whites from St. Domingue. Emigration led to an increased Émigrés helped to expand the It caused increased slave unrest in French Creole population in cocoa industry in territories like Jamaica and contributed to the these territories Trinidad outbreak of the Second Maroon War Émigrés contributed to the Haitian slaves took their skills in Slavery was abolished in development of mixed basket making and straw work to Guadeloupe by Sonthonax’s cultures in some territories for other territories. proclamation but was restored e.g. they helped to expand Napoleon Bonaparte. Roman Catholicism in Jamaica French émigrés spread stories of the atrocities in St. Domingue. The spread of these stories strengthened the argument for abolition and made planters more cautious and watchful
It showed slaves elsewhere that the whites were not unbeatable The price of cotton and coffee increased. Jamaica benefitted, temporarily, from all these increases; however, it was Cuba that became the successor to St. Domingue as the world’s leading the sugar producer. British troops invaded St. Domingue in the hope of protecting the planters and of capturing the territory. In territories like St. Kitts and Antigua, there was a greater fear of slave revolts that led to suspicion and fear of émigrés from St. Domingue Cuba’s sugar industry benefitted from the arrival of French planters and technicians who were instrumental in introducing new refining technology. Slave control was tightened in other Caribbean territories. The plantocracy became more repressive, there was firmer resistance to privileges for coloreds or an easier life for slaves. Several territories in the Caribbean including Jamaica, Cuba, Trinidad, Puerto Rico and Venezuela received an influx of refugees mainly whites from St. Domingue. The planters from St. Domingue took their cash and their coffee planting to Jamaica The revolution inspired slave resistance elsewhere for example Martinique, Guadeloupe and Grenada Emigration led to an increased French Creole population in these territories Émigrés helped to expand the cocoa industry in territories like Trinidad It caused increased slave unrest in Jamaica and contributed to the outbreak of the Second Maroon War Émigrés contributed to the development of mixed cultures in some territories for e.g. they helped to expand Roman Catholicism in Jamaica Haitian slaves took their skills in basket making and straw work to other territories. Slavery was abolished in Guadeloupe by Sonthonax’s proclamation but was restored Napoleon Bonaparte. French émigrés spread stories of the atrocities in St. Domingue. The spread of these stories strengthened the argument for abolition and made planters more cautious and watchful
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