Culture
Grievance List (September 1789)
The Haitian free blacks and creoles, many of them substantial property owners and slaveholders, sent delegates to the National Assembly in France with a list of their stated grievances and demands.
The Coffee Planter of Saint Domingo (London, 1798)
Here Pierre Joseph Laborie provides the perspective of the planter. He gives a detailed description of the organization of enslaved labor in the production of coffee.
The Slaves from Africa
Born in 1750, Mederic-Louis-Élie Moreau de Saint-Mery grew up in Fort Royal, Martinique as a white Creole and studied law in Paris, France.
The Maroons
Born in 1750, Mederic-Louis-Élie Moreau de Saint-Mery grew up in Fort Royal, Martinique as a white Creole and studied law in Paris, France.
That Seductive Mulatto Woman
Born in 1750, Mederic-Louis-Élie Moreau de Saint-Mery grew up in Fort Royal, Martinique as a white Creole and studied law in Paris, France.
Constance Pipelet, Review of a Book by Théremin, On the Condition of Women in a Republic
In this review of a book by an author favorable to women’s education, Pipelet argues that republics should demonstrate a different attitude toward women than monarchies.
New Zealand, Maoris at Their Talking House
The photograph shows Maori men, women, and children arranged for a group portrait on the porch of a whare or wharenui (meeting house) in New Zealand. This ceremonial structure, also called a talking house, and the marae (grassy area in front of it) are central to Maori social order and culture.
Epistolae: Medieval Women's Latin Letters
Epistolae presumes an already developed understanding among its readers of the medieval context in which these sources were generated.
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
Students might examine how the inclusion of African American women's perspectives alters more standardized narratives of American history.
Madame de Beaumer, Editorial, Journal des Dames (March 1762)
Madame de Beaumer (d. 1766) was the first of three women editors of the Journal des Dames, a newspaper founded in Paris in 1759 to encourage women to write seriously.