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I looked at the Wikipedia article for the 1798 Revolt of the Alfaiates. The article is very underwhelming, and is no more than a paragraph long. It gives a brief introduction of where the revolt took place, the fact that it was a slave rebellion, stating it was a separatist movement, and the objectives of the rebellion. What it did not give me was whether or not it was actually successful, or any kind of outcome from the revolt. It leaves out significant figures or major battles of conflicts. The only thing that we see is that it had a popular base of slaves.

The article lacks any sources, and draws all its evidence from one book. It has only one foot note at the end of the article so it shows that there was minimal effort put into researching it.

What the article needs is not just what happened during the revolution, but events leading up to it and the end results and legality that came from it. Notable figures, influences of literature, cultural context, anything else to give the reader an idea of why the event was important in the eyes of history.

Introduction

Hello! My name is Jack and I’m a senior and a double major in English and History. My geographical focus is Trans-Atlantic history, and my favorite kind of literature leans towards more post modern. I usually focus on imperial powers and how they affect smaller nations, so I took this course with the intent of leaning more about the effects that the British and Spanish had on the local cultures and their erasure.

I want to learn more about the local governments and cultures that came to oppose the ruling empires in the region. I spent my Junior I.S. for history last year researching piracy in the Caribbean so I’m excited to go back and look at how the region changed after studying it in an early 1700s time frame.