The French Revolution was about the citizens of France wanting better for themselves. During the revolution, the people cultivated strong ideals. Those ideals were essentially liberty and equality, for every single citizen of France. As a byproduct, those ideas produced “democracy, human rights, and citizenship”Those ideals were so strong in France and such an intensely vibrant way of thinking. (some might even say an enlightening way of thinking) It was able to topple a feudal regime and put an end to a longstanding monarchy. On August 11, a decree was made as the precursor to the Declaration of Rights of Men. When the declaration of the rights of men was approved by the National Assembly, it paved the way for the first french constitution
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The lack of freedom for more than half the residents of the colonies for instance! By 1700, there were at least a half-million slaves in Saint-Domingue: they outnumbered white colonist by more than ten to one. Because unlike Frances mainland, France's colonies engaged in the practice of slavery. The living conditions of a slave were far from good. As Jean-Francois and Biassou wrote “Oh, sirs, in the name of humanity, deign to look favorably on these unfortunates by clearly outlawing such harsh mistreatment, abolishing the terrible plantation prisons, where the stays are miserable” Even though the Code Noir was put in place to regulate the status and condition of the slaves. Countless colonist, flat out ignored the slaves regulation put in place by their king. Even though their were regulation put in place to protect the slaves, it is still a major injustice. Slavery is not a natural thing, like what Olympe de Gouges said: “Men were not born to be in chains”. Like the poor citizen of the old regime, the slave's heads were filled with the ideals of liberty and equality then came the tipping point. Which for them was after the citizens of France beheaded their king, they went to war with England and Spain, that set the perfect stage for the slaves, in the French colonies, to gain their freedom. They went about this in different ways. Such at first fighting for France’s enemy and setting up rebel camps. …show more content…
They viewed themselves as french, their whole way of living and culture revolved around France. For example in the letter address to the National Assembly written by free citizens of color, wrote “The citizens of color are clearly as qualified as the whites to demand this representation. Like them, they are all citizens, free and French.” The injustice done against the free people of color were that in the eyes of France they were not french citizens. In that same letter, they even wrote “Our lords, the free citizens and landowners of color of the french islands and colonies are to inform you that there still exists in one of the lands of their empire a species of men scorned and degraded, a class of citizens doomed to rejection, to all the humiliations of slavery: in a word, Frenchmen who groan under the yoke of oppression”. The free people of color wanted protection for their land, end of discrimination against their class of people, liberty, and representation. So, when the idea's of French reached the colonial, it not only started to sink deep into the minds of the slaves but also the free colored men of Saint-Domingue. In Dubois and Garrigus book it stated: “The slaves were not the only people who were eager to participate in the revolutionary changes in the french empire”. The free men of color started acting on those
The lack of freedom for more than half the residents of the colonies for instance! By 1700, there were at least a half-million slaves in Saint-Domingue: they outnumbered white colonist by more than ten to one. Because unlike Frances mainland, France's colonies engaged in the practice of slavery. The living conditions of a slave were far from good. As Jean-Francois and Biassou wrote “Oh, sirs, in the name of humanity, deign to look favorably on these unfortunates by clearly outlawing such harsh mistreatment, abolishing the terrible plantation prisons, where the stays are miserable” Even though the Code Noir was put in place to regulate the status and condition of the slaves. Countless colonist, flat out ignored the slaves regulation put in place by their king. Even though their were regulation put in place to protect the slaves, it is still a major injustice. Slavery is not a natural thing, like what Olympe de Gouges said: “Men were not born to be in chains”. Like the poor citizen of the old regime, the slave's heads were filled with the ideals of liberty and equality then came the tipping point. Which for them was after the citizens of France beheaded their king, they went to war with England and Spain, that set the perfect stage for the slaves, in the French colonies, to gain their freedom. They went about this in different ways. Such at first fighting for France’s enemy and setting up rebel camps. …show more content…
They viewed themselves as french, their whole way of living and culture revolved around France. For example in the letter address to the National Assembly written by free citizens of color, wrote “The citizens of color are clearly as qualified as the whites to demand this representation. Like them, they are all citizens, free and French.” The injustice done against the free people of color were that in the eyes of France they were not french citizens. In that same letter, they even wrote “Our lords, the free citizens and landowners of color of the french islands and colonies are to inform you that there still exists in one of the lands of their empire a species of men scorned and degraded, a class of citizens doomed to rejection, to all the humiliations of slavery: in a word, Frenchmen who groan under the yoke of oppression”. The free people of color wanted protection for their land, end of discrimination against their class of people, liberty, and representation. So, when the idea's of French reached the colonial, it not only started to sink deep into the minds of the slaves but also the free colored men of Saint-Domingue. In Dubois and Garrigus book it stated: “The slaves were not the only people who were eager to participate in the revolutionary changes in the french empire”. The free men of color started acting on those