Among those who follow Haiti, it is commonly siad that the French were the most brutal of the slave traders as they purposefully lost one third of their cargo, only wishing the strongest to survive. I have no idea if this is correct or not. But certainly there was a very different from of slavery in Haiti than there waa in the United States, for example, where slaves were bred and sold.
Some have attributed this as one of the reasons for the Haitian revolution, that the slaves were all recent arrivals, or first generation, still speaking the languages of their homelands, and that they were all the very strongest, Some referred to them as the sons of the princes of Africa since surely only they could survice the brutality of the voyage.
Certainly all slave ships were brutal. But the French slave passage seemed exceptionally so.
Changing Perspectives: Hispaniola and Racism
Also, aside from Haiti and the United States and the Antilles, where did slavery exist, which empires participated, where do the descendants live, how are they treated?
Let us see if we can keep this civil and reasonable and not have to take it off topic.
Some have attributed this as one of the reasons for the Haitian revolution, that the slaves were all recent arrivals, or first generation, still speaking the languages of their homelands, and that they were all the very strongest, Some referred to them as the sons of the princes of Africa since surely only they could survice the brutality of the voyage.
Certainly all slave ships were brutal. But the French slave passage seemed exceptionally so.
Changing Perspectives: Hispaniola and Racism
Also, aside from Haiti and the United States and the Antilles, where did slavery exist, which empires participated, where do the descendants live, how are they treated?
Let us see if we can keep this civil and reasonable and not have to take it off topic.