History Remastered

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Carolyn O’Brien’s CM2 English Class Presents:

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History Remastered

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Student Contributors:

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Max Ambinder- Kanner
Sasha Attia
Gabriel De Alba
Thomas Bouchut
Maxi(malian) d’Halluin
Elise Ivanac Dutton
Lorry Exil-Chery
Chloé Grivel
Elsa Kabla
Mirabelle Klinger
Béatrice Lecoq
Bianca Lloyd
Sofian Nemouchi
Domitille Pizenberg
Matias Prieto
Lauren Saada
Ethan Savouyaud
Léora Soucy

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Table of CONTENTS

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Preface: It all comes down to the values

Chapter 1: The Early History of Sugar

Chapter 2: Sugar and the Transatlantic Trade

Chapter 3: Revolutions of the late 1700s

Chapter 4: R to the Power of Three: Resistance, Rebellion, Revolution

Chapter 5: Connections: From Westward Expansion to Freedom

Preface…

It all comes down to the values

Declaration of Independence

Declaration des droits de l’homme

The Values of liberty and equality, among others, were established in these documents at the birth of each respective republic. These values guide America and France to live up to promised ideals.

The American experiment conducted by the founders of America stands the test of time with a constitution that allows for amendments to continue improving towards a “more perfect union.”

June 21, 1788
Ratified

Introduction…

Not all citizens were granted the same rights as others since the founding of the United States. America’s continued development towards a “more perfect union” is the legacy of those who fought for their rights despite a “tangled network of contradictions.”
The hard history of Slavery in America is at the center of the narrative, as well as the fight for freedom that was a driving force in defining who we would become as a nation post-civil war.

History remastered provides a narrative explaining the road to the abolition of slavery in America that aims to shift the focus of emancipation onto those who emancipated themselves. The legacy of the people who resisted and revolted in the name of freedom lies in the future they paved for their descendants.

The story begins with the history of sugar and its role in fueling the transatlantic slave trade. During the age of Revolution in the 1700s, we zoom in on Haiti’s successful Revolt for freedom and detail other uprisings that proved slavery an unsustainable, inhumane practice. The dots continue to connect to the purchase of the Louisiana territory, westward expansion, the displacement of native nations, and the tensions related to the expansion of slavery. All of these dots eventually lead to the civil war and the end of slavery.

There was a time…when our country was involved in a tangled network of contradictions; when a heavy curse rested upon our very soil..,but The storm has been weathered, in our favor.

Frederick Douglass, 1869,
after the abolition of slavery

Chapter 1:
The Early History of Sugar

From White Gold
to Dirt Cheap