Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Chapter 18
In chapter 18 of Bury the Chains, Adam Hochschild talks about one of the largest slave revolts in history, the St. Domingue revolt. St. Domingue was the beginning of travel for most slaves because it was the largest atlantic slave trade market. This revolt had a huge effect on the slave trade because within a few year, slavery ended in St. Domingue. This happened because when the revolt happened, it forced people to take sides.
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What did you make of Hochschild here: do you think he covered the revolt well enough to answer his critic Lazarre (review in The Nation)?
Enjoy having you in class, Phil.
Like the photo too with the bio.
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