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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 2225310" data-attributes="member: 3146">As is the history of other former french colonies. Even those that "kept the French around" until after WWII when they were granted independence aren't necessarily doing significantly better than Haiti. Some are. Others seem pretty similar to Haiti but it's French soldiers instead of American ones that go in to restore order every decade or so.I would imagine that this is a pretty significant factor in the slave results. I'm not familiar with the details of the history, but it seems that, with large groups of more first generation slaves, you're bound to have a number of former leaders and educated individuals as well as some experienced soldiers (from the losing side, of course). You are also likely to have groups of people who know each other better than they know their masters and may well identify with each other across various groupings. If a slave on plantation A is a captured warrior and he hears that the chief of a neighboring tribe--who is known to be a fair general and was well respected--started a rebellion, that's a very different situation than if a slave on plantation A who has no experience in combat, training with weapons, or experience of life outside of slavery hears that a slave on platation B, who he's never heard of and knows nothing of started a rebellion. I would guess that the first generation slave is more likely to think "maybe he could pull it off; I can fight so maybe I'll run away and join him." I would guess that the slave in the second situation is more likely to think "I wonder what this will mean for me? Will the master be more harsh than usual to discourage revolt here?"</blockquote>

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