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* ValuesDissonance: Attitudes towards women and non-whites among the ruling French class in Haiti are horribly regressive my modern standards.
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* HopelessSuitor: Hassal's sister Clara is apparently quite popular and many of the men in the story show interest in her.
* MalcolmXerox: The leaders of the slave revolt, Toussant L'Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines (albeit to varying degrees).
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* HopelessSuitor: Hassal's sister Clara is apparently quite popular and many of the men in the story show interest in her.
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* WarRefugees: Mary and Clara escape from Haiti to Cuba and Jamaica. Many of the other French settlers are not so lucky.
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* WomenAreDelicate: The French hold this view, with many of the male soldiers taking up arms in the defense of the island's women.
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Recording the Haitian Revolution of the early 1800s through a series of letters, Mary Hassal provides a glimpse into a turbulent period in colonial history.
Most of the letters are addressed to either her uncle, US Vice-President Aaron Burr, or to her sister Clara. The book recounts the initial slave revolts that rocked Haiti, as well as the backup force sent by Napoleon to retain control of the colony. Interspersed throughout are Hassal's lamentations about the subjugation of women at the time and their dependence on men.
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!! Tropes Present In This Work:
* AcceptableTargets: Racial prejudices of the day made it appropriate to look down on the African-descended Haitians.
* AngryBlackMan: The French settlers view the revolting slaves as such.
* BasedOnATrueStory: Given that it is a historical account it IS a true story (assuming that Hassal has accurately recorded the facts).
* BreadAndCircuses: For a story set during a brutal reovlution, there is a shocking number of balls, parties, and other celebrations.
* EvilColonialist: The French slavers to the black slaves.
* HopelessSuitor: Hassal's sister Clara is apparently quite popular and many of the men in the story show interest in her.
* MalcolmXerox: The leaders of the slave revolt, Toussant L'Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines (albeit to varying degrees).
* PersecutionFlip: The Haitian Revolution is an example of an oppressed racial group overthrowing the privileged colonial class, particularly violently in this case.
* RomanticPlotTumor: The book's occasional focus on Clara's potential suitors might seem shallow or unimportant compared to the bloody civil war that is rocking the colony.
* ScaryBlackMan: As they lose the war, the French grow fearful of the revolting slaves, especially the prim and proper French ladies.
* SlaveLiberation: A unique example in that the slaves liberate themselves, without relying on outside forces to do it for them.
* SlaveRace: Black Haitians, although they win their independence in the end.
* ValuesDissonance: Attitudes towards women and non-whites among the ruling French class in Haiti would be considered horribly regressive today.
Most of the letters are addressed to either her uncle, US Vice-President Aaron Burr, or to her sister Clara. The book recounts the initial slave revolts that rocked Haiti, as well as the backup force sent by Napoleon to retain control of the colony. Interspersed throughout are Hassal's lamentations about the subjugation of women at the time and their dependence on men.
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!! Tropes Present In This Work:
* AcceptableTargets: Racial prejudices of the day made it appropriate to look down on the African-descended Haitians.
* AngryBlackMan: The French settlers view the revolting slaves as such.
* BasedOnATrueStory: Given that it is a historical account it IS a true story (assuming that Hassal has accurately recorded the facts).
* BreadAndCircuses: For a story set during a brutal reovlution, there is a shocking number of balls, parties, and other celebrations.
* EvilColonialist: The French slavers to the black slaves.
* HopelessSuitor: Hassal's sister Clara is apparently quite popular and many of the men in the story show interest in her.
* MalcolmXerox: The leaders of the slave revolt, Toussant L'Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines (albeit to varying degrees).
* PersecutionFlip: The Haitian Revolution is an example of an oppressed racial group overthrowing the privileged colonial class, particularly violently in this case.
* RomanticPlotTumor: The book's occasional focus on Clara's potential suitors might seem shallow or unimportant compared to the bloody civil war that is rocking the colony.
* ScaryBlackMan: As they lose the war, the French grow fearful of the revolting slaves, especially the prim and proper French ladies.
* SlaveLiberation: A unique example in that the slaves liberate themselves, without relying on outside forces to do it for them.
* SlaveRace: Black Haitians, although they win their independence in the end.
* ValuesDissonance: Attitudes towards women and non-whites among the ruling French class in Haiti would be considered horribly regressive today.
