Cuba, Haiti, Africa, Sugar, War, Freedom, Pork, Rumours, Ships

and more

Cuba: “The Ever Faithful Isle”

Slave trade

Colonialism in the Caribbean

War and Empire

Sugar

Importations to Cuba, 1762-1810

Demographic Havana:

1791 - Population: 51,307.

1811 - Population: 94,023

Cuba:

Slaves: up to 300,000 enter Cuba 1790-1820

Percentages 1774-1817

Whites from 56% to 41%

Free people of color from 18% to 24%

Slaves from 26% to 35%

Colonialism before 1763

Spain

Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Florida

France

St Domingue, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Louisiana

Britain

Jamaica

After 1763 Spain

Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Louisiana

France

St Domingue, Guadeloupe, Martinique

Britain

Jamaica, Florida

Some dates to keep in mind

1776

US War and Independence

1791-1804

Haitian Revolution

1806-1824

Latin American Wars of Independence

1791-1804The years that changed everything

What happened in Cuba?

Environment Environment

Urban space

Havana, 1830

Havana, 1739

Havana, 1850

Havana, 1831

Día de reyes

September 1791Cabildo (city council):

1. pork shortage in Havana

2. Deux Soeurs arrives in Havana harbour

For ThursdayRead Manuel Barcia, Great African Slave Revolt of 1825, chapters 1-3

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