In 1780 to 1890, a transformation in slavery occurred women. Enlightenment thinkers in the 18th century had become increasingly critical of slavery as a violation of natural rights for every person and pronouncements of the American and French Revolutions about liberty and equality. The actions of slaves themselves ended slavery and the Haitian Revolution was followed by three major rebellions.
The end of the Atlantic slavery during the nineteenth century, marked a major and rapid turn in the worlds social history and moral thinking of humankind. Haiti was the only place in the Atlantic world that did a redistribution of land that followed the end of slavery. The reluctance of former slaves to continue working in plantation agriculture created labor shortages and set in notion a huge new wave of global migration.
Thinkers of the European enlightenment challenged ancient traditions such as women inferiority. The French Revolution raised the possibility of recreating human society. Many women participated in these events and few insisted that the revolutionary ideals of liberty and equality must include women.
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