The fear of the “French Blacks” in the Spanish Caribbean and America (late eighteenth-early nineteenth centuries)
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Jean Tardieu, « The fear of the “French Blacks” in the Spanish Caribbean and America (late eighteenth-early nineteenth centuries) », Annales historiques de la Révolution française, ID : 10670/1.7a14af...
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The “French Blacks” of Santo Domingo caused concern within the Spanish empire. The leaders of Santo Domingo, resorting to new trafficking, did not hesitate to sell prisoners captured from their enemies as slaves in Cuba and Puerto Rico, disregarding their freedom. Following in their footsteps, in 1803, those in charge of Guadeloupe and Martinique sent by Bonaparte, got rid of those who refused to re-establish slavery by transferring them to the partially unsubdued coasts of Venezuela, which gave rise to some dramatic occurrences. The fear of the proselytizing by the “French Blacks” even led the French imperial government to demand the participation of Spain in the repression of their activities in the Caribbean.
