Haiti, from French colonialism to an independent state

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European Commission

Brussels

27/01/2021 - 11:08

Description

Black lives mattered already two centuries ago in Haiti

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Speech Details

Language

(en) English

Speech number: 30676

Duration

05:00

Level

Advanced / Test-type

Use

Consecutive

Domains

History

Tags

Descriptive

Numbers and units

Slow paced

Terminology

French colonialism, historical references, French revolution (1789), Napoleon, Haiti, British Empire, spin-off, the Kingdom of France, the French Republic, Africa, Indochina, the Pacific, UN Security Council, Black Lives Matter movement, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”, to play the second fiddle, to see through the prism of, to encapsulate, slaves, racial conflict, blacks against whites, to abolish slavery, to restore slavery, sugar plantations, to ostracise, legacy