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The Wealth of Sandeming and the Hypocrisy of the Enlightenment
4:06:25 - 4:14:53 (08:28)
Sandeming, France's most profitable colony in the 18th century, controlled half of the world's coffee and sugar and made significant profits from other commodities. However, this wealth was due to African slave labor, direct contradictions to the Enlightenment's ideals, and biracial representatives pleaded with the French National Assembly for redress of these grievances, warning of looming disaster if their voices went unheard.
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The biracial representatives from San Domingue warned the French National Assembly in Paris in 1789 about the disastrous consequences that will occur if they do not address the hypocrisy of their ideas, and demands for redress of grievances.
4:06:25 - 4:09:58 (03:33)
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The biracial representatives from San Domingue warned the French National Assembly in Paris in 1789 about the disastrous consequences that will occur if they do not address the hypocrisy of their ideas, and demands for redress of grievances. Vincent Oje, a wealthy planter from San Domingue, delivered a speech to the Parisian audience and told them that France will receive a mortal wound and a multitude of decent citizens will be impoverished, ruined if they don't give free people of color what their principles suggest.
ChapterThe Wealth of Sandeming and the Hypocrisy of the Enlightenment
EpisodeShow 68 - BLITZ Human Resources
PodcastDan Carlin's Hardcore History
Saint-Domingue, a French colony, was one of the most profitable colonies in the world due to its control over half of the world's sugar and coffee supply.
4:09:58 - 4:14:53 (04:55)
Summary
Saint-Domingue, a French colony, was one of the most profitable colonies in the world due to its control over half of the world's sugar and coffee supply. However, this wealth was built on the back of African slave labor, which conflicted with the ideals of the French Revolution.