USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By 1789, there were over 465, 000 slaves in the colony (roughly 90% of the entire population). Both the slave ship and the plantation were spaces of incredible violence, hardship and disease, resulting in a high mortality rate and a constant demand by slave owners for more African slaves.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1789, the French were importing 30, 000 slaves a year and there were half a million slaves in the French part of the island alone, compared to about 40-45, 000 whites and 32, 000 free people of color.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spanish colonists brought enslaved Africans to Hispaniola, where they forced them to work on plantations. During the 1600s, France took control of a modern-day Haiti, calling it “Saint-Domingue.” When the revolution began in 1791, 90 percent of the population was enslaved.

Detailed explanation-4: -In fact, by the late 18th century, more slaves were imported to Saint-Domingue every year-more than 40, 000-than the entire white population of the island. Drawings of the wealthy white plantation owners; painting of the wealthy, free people of color By the 19th century, slaves made up about 90% of the population.

Detailed explanation-5: -The African people of Haiti derived from various areas, spanning from Senegal to the Congo. Most of which were brought from West Africa, with a considerable number also brought from Central Africa. Some of these groups include those from the former Kongo kingdom (Kongo), Benin (Ewe and Yoruba) and Togo land.