Category Archives: French West Indies

Black History Month 2013: France Abolishes Slavery

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Hunter Wallace

French Caribbean NewsOne is celebrating February 4 as the 219th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the French Empire. It was on this fateful day that the French National Convention under Jacobin influence took the bold step of becoming … Continue reading →

Posted in French Guiana, French West Indies, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Negroes, Race Realism, Race Relations, Racism | 18 Comments

Caribbean Project: Review: The Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

New World Philip D. Curtin’s The Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex is a series of essays about the transnational entity that we have described here as “the Golden Circle” or the “South Atlantic System.” Curtin coined the term “South … Continue reading →

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Caribbean Project: Visualizing The Plantation Complex

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

New World In The Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex, Philip D. Curtin describes the geographic spread and extent of the slave plantation: “With the passage of time, the heart of the complex moved westward by way of the … Continue reading →

Posted in American South, Brazil, British West Indies, Cuba, French Guiana, French West Indies, Guadeloupe, History, Race Realism, Race Relations, Racism, Slavery, Suriname | 15 Comments

Caribbean Project: Review: Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

New World In Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of New World Slavery, David Brion Davis sets the American South within the international context of the transatlantic slave trade and the rise and fall of other New World slave societies. … Continue reading →

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Caribbean Project: Louis Sebastien Mercier, Abbé Raynal, and Black Jacobinism

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

France If you ever wondered why the slaves in Saint-Domingue and the French Caribbean were emancipated and why free negroes were transformed into French citizens with equal rights during the French Revolution, here is a sample of the ravings of … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Racism, Anti-White, Europe, France, French West Indies, Guadeloupe, Haiti, History, Negroes, Progressives, Race Relations, Racism, Saint-Domingue, Whiteness | 6 Comments

Caribbean Project: Review: A Colony of Citizens

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

Guadeloupe In A Colony of Citizens: Revolution & Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804, Laurent DuBois focuses on the French Revolution as it unfolded in the colony of Guadeloupe in the eastern Caribbean. The book shows how free negroes … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Racism, Anti-White, Diversity, France, French Guiana, French West Indies, Guadeloupe, Haiti, History, Martinique, Negroes, Race Realism, Race Relations, Racism, Saint-Domingue, White Supremacy, Whiteness | Tagged , , , | 91 Comments

Caribbean Project: Napoleon Bonaparte: White Nationalist

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

France This is fascinating: Napoleon restored slavery in Guadeloupe and French Guiana, arrested and imprisoned Toussaint L’Ouverature, attempted to restore slavery in Saint-Domingue, banned negroes and mulattoes from the soil of the French Republic, and criminalized miscegenation and interracial marriage … Continue reading →

Posted in France, French West Indies, Guadeloupe, History, Negroes, Race Realism, Race Relations, Racism, Saint-Domingue, White Nationalism, Whiteness | 28 Comments

Caribbean Project: The Windward Islands

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

The Windward Islands The Windward Islands are the southern half of the Lesser Antilles: Martinique, Dominica, St. Lucia, Grenada, the Grenadines and Barbados. Most of these islands were settled by the French but were acquired by Britain in the Seven … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbados, British Nationalism, Dominica, French West Indies, Grenada, History, Martinique, Negroes, Race Realism, Race Relations, Racism, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Windward Islands | 72 Comments

Caribbean Project: The Republican Origins of Anti-Racism

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

French West Indies I’m still reading Laurent DuBois’s A Colony of Citizens: Revolution & Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804 about the French Revolution in Guadeloupe. This book is gradually turning me into a raging royalist. Here’s a taste … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Racism, France, French West Indies, Guadeloupe, History, Multiculturalism, Negroes, Race Realism, Race Relations, Racism, Saint-Domingue, Whiteness | 11 Comments

Caribbean Project: States’ Rights In The French West Indies

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

French West Indies Turning our attention to the French West Indies, we find the same debate over states’ rights vs. centralized government, conservatism vs. liberalism, racialism vs. humanism, white supremacy vs. negro equality in the 1790s that we can find … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Racism, Diversity, French West Indies, Guadeloupe, History, Martinique, Race Realism, Race Relations, Racism, Saint-Domingue, St. Lucia, White Supremacy, Whiteness | 7 Comments