Ada Ferrer’s writing, Freedom’s Mirror, compares and contrasts the Haitian Revolution which was instigated by the slaves and the sugar revolution which was led by Cuban planters. The book begins with Cuba’s agricultural transformation from the society with slaves to the slave society. I mainly concentrated on the “A Colony Worth a Kingdom”; in Chapter 1, Ada seemed more focusing on the planters than the slaves and the Chapter even makes the reader think that Ada thinks nothing of slave’s perspective. In this paper, I analyzed and criticized “A Colony Worth a Kingdom”; Ada Ferrer’s lack of fairness in the choice of sources, and inadequate narration are debatable. Ada Ferrer used judicial testimony of ‘rumored or actual conspiracies and rebellions’.
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However, she did not describe the slave’s stance at all. Her archives only include how many sugar mills were destroyed in the Saint Domingue and how many French were murdered, whereas the number of black slave’s …show more content…
First of all, all of the characters in Chapter 1, in other words, all the people who Ada Ferrer focused on are mill planters; Francisco Arango and Don Luis de Las Casas were all mill planters. If so, is it possible for us to say that Ada Ferrer successfully compared and contrasted the Haitian Revolution with the sugar revolution in Cuba even though all the people she narrated were the mill planters? Secondly, Ada repeatedly illustrates the planters’ emotion and thoughts. On page 39, Ada illustrates that the emotion of the ‘sugarocracy’ by stating that they rejoiced the opportunities and happiness that abounded and on page 25, she thoroughly describes the planters’ desires. However, the black slaves of the time’s stance are nowhere to be found in Chapter 1. Therefore, I would insist that her thrust of the narrative was to let readers acknowledge about the advantage of free trade and planters’ fast and innovative thinking which converted disasters to
However, she did not describe the slave’s stance at all. Her archives only include how many sugar mills were destroyed in the Saint Domingue and how many French were murdered, whereas the number of black slave’s …show more content…
First of all, all of the characters in Chapter 1, in other words, all the people who Ada Ferrer focused on are mill planters; Francisco Arango and Don Luis de Las Casas were all mill planters. If so, is it possible for us to say that Ada Ferrer successfully compared and contrasted the Haitian Revolution with the sugar revolution in Cuba even though all the people she narrated were the mill planters? Secondly, Ada repeatedly illustrates the planters’ emotion and thoughts. On page 39, Ada illustrates that the emotion of the ‘sugarocracy’ by stating that they rejoiced the opportunities and happiness that abounded and on page 25, she thoroughly describes the planters’ desires. However, the black slaves of the time’s stance are nowhere to be found in Chapter 1. Therefore, I would insist that her thrust of the narrative was to let readers acknowledge about the advantage of free trade and planters’ fast and innovative thinking which converted disasters to