Jim Crow Code Dbq

This code causes an increase in tension among the slaves and free negroes because this code was being followed it oppressed those negros who could we read and write. This code can be considering pre – Jim Crow laws at least for a more modern-day comparison. This tension gave birth Toussaint L'Ouverture and other former slave to start the rally call to abolish slavery in Haiti. This revolution changed who lead the country of Haiti and introduced the concept of self-determination to Haiti. The lives of blacks and mulatto begin to change around the because in October 26 1795, the National Convention in France dissolved all the issues they had with Haiti and gave a general emancipation to all blacks and mulattos alike. In 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte now leads in France and want to reinstate slavery back in French colonies. In 1801, He sends Charles Leclerc, his brother in law, to Haiti to try and reinstate slavery back into Haiti. This plan would ultimately fail because the soldiers that he brought with him were not able to withstand the Haiti’s tropical climate, thus it is estimated about three – fourths of his troop became ill and he still was losing troops on the battlefield. This plan that Napoleon tries to initiates fails completely because Leclerc does not have enough troops to fully execute this plan.

By then L’ Overture is captured thrown into a French jail for the rest of his life. Though this is only one of many slave revolts that occurred that had a huge impact on the future of all slave colonies it showed the consequences a world power would face that being losing land, military resources, and respect from other country's if they continued to oppresses the people based of the African