Guadeloupe Attitude reposts an article by Claude Thiebaut concluding that (Fr) contrary to a prior theory, an 1843 earthquake in Guadeloupe did not contribute (through what was thought to be newfound solidarity in the face of the disaster) to the relatively smooth abolition of slavery in 1848 [1].
Guadeloupe: No Correlation Between Earthquake and Smooth Abolition of Slavery
· Written by Alice Backer
Categories: Caribbean, Guadeloupe, Disaster, History, Labor