HAITIAN SLAVES

SLAVERY

• A slave is a person held against their will and is forced to do hard laborious tasks
• Slavery is the state of being a slave and part takes in irksome and fatiguing work

HAITI SLAVERY HISTORY

• In 1700s slave trade became popular among French and were taken to Haiti and neighboring countries
• 500,000+ slaves were put to work on plantations
• Slave code(written by Louis XIV) stated that a slave must obey their owner or be faced with cruel punishments
• In 1789 the French Revolution started, causing many French slave owners to return to France
• The Haiti slaves saw this as an opportunity to gain freedom and fought in the Haitian Revolution 1791-1804

SLAVERY NUMBERS

• Estimated 220,000-200,000 people living in slavery
• More than 300,000 children are slaves

ACTUAL SLAVES

• Haitian slaves are usually poor and or orphaned children
• More than 300,000 Haitian children are effected by domestic slavery
• Restaveks (from French rester avec meaning "stay with") are the names of these enslaved children

RESTAVEKS

• Poor children sent to wealthier homes by their families
• Due to lack of money and food
• Families send their children in hope of an education
• Females are prone to being abused and or raped by their host family
• Restaveks do the chores of the host family: cleaning, laundry, cooking, etc.

RESTAVEK STORY

• Amberline with her three-month-old brother, Loubes. Their mother Adeline 32,
• Her mother cannot afford to feed her three kids and pay for Amberline's school education
• Adeline states that in few months she is going to give Amberline away to another family as a restavek

RESTAVEK STORY

• Enso, 10, was found by his host family on the street when he was a year old
• He began working for them when he was two and now does all the chores of the house
• Enso receives abuses from the host family if he doesn't properly do his chores

GOVERNMENT STANCE

• There is a DRAFT law on human trafficking
• That makes it a crime to traffic a child
• But the law isn't in forced and many traffickers get away with slavery

WORKS CITED

• CNN. Cable News Network, 24 Dec. 2009. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.
• "End Slavery Now :: Stop Human Trafficking." End Slavery Now :: Stop Human Trafficking. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.
• "FACTBOX - Ten Countries Where Slavery Is Most Prevalent." | Reuters. N.p., 16 Oct. 2013. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.
• "Liberty Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution." Chapter 8 Page 1. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2013.
• "Modern Day Slavery in Haiti -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News -- Nationnews.com." Modern Day Slavery in Haiti -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional and International News -- Nationnews.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.