Saint Domingue [ Trade / Politics & Society ]
… along social, racial and gender lines. Forms of sociability discussed include dance and voodoo on plantations; the culture of maronnage; the mediating role of free women of colour in marriages and business; and the theatre. The entry … it was also seen as problematic because of its cultural effects. Moreau de Saint-Méry attributed the lacklustre culture of Saint Domingue to the scarcity of white women. He wished that they would play the role that the salonnières … it is not clear that it would have made much difference since the white colonists were not much interested in high culture anyway and preferred gambling dens, bars and dance halls, places where they might encounter women of colour and …
France | Marronage | North America | Slavery | Theatre | Women
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