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The Guillotine and the Breaking on the Wheel
4:14:53 - 4:20:11 (05:17)
The French Revolution's famous symbol, the guillotine, was designed to be an improvement to the breaking on the wheel, which is a horrific, barbaric event carried out in front of everyone, often with different execution sites for blacks and whites. Vincent Ojay's case provides an example of the cruelty and terror that the authorities used to intimidate and deter people from launching insurrections in the colony of Sandeming.
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Vincent Ojay led an insurrection in Haiti in 1790-1791, not to abolish slavery, but to end discrimination and demand equal rights to colored people.
4:14:53 - 4:16:33 (01:39)
Summary
Vincent Ojay led an insurrection in Haiti in 1790-1791, not to abolish slavery, but to end discrimination and demand equal rights to colored people. Though it did not end up being a successful insurrection, as leader Vincent and his peers were hung, their fight sparked a longer revolution for Haitian independence.
ChapterThe Guillotine and the Breaking on the Wheel
EpisodeShow 68 - BLITZ Human Resources
PodcastDan Carlin's Hardcore History
The breaking wheel was a horrific form of torture used in Europe for centuries.
4:16:33 - 4:20:11 (03:37)
Summary
The breaking wheel was a horrific form of torture used in Europe for centuries. In 1791, Vincent Ogé was subjected to this barbaric punishment in Haiti by French colonizers, as part of an effort to intimidate and subjugate the populace.