1884-1885: Berlin Conference
1875: Code de l’indigénat
1885: Léopold II established the Congo Free State by brutally seizing the African landmass
as his personal possession
Piketty:
1830 to 1910: Fiscal transfer from France to colony almost nonexistent
1950s: increase of investments in the French colonies - militarily
1946: Establishment of the Union Française
1946–47: Insurgencies in Madagascar
1956: Loi cadre
1958:Establishment of the Communauté Française
1960: implosion of the french community = leading to the independence of former French
colonies.
1498: Spanish conquistadors in Hispaniola
1635: French arrive in Guadeloupe
1794: Abolition esclavage france
1802: restoration of esclavage by napoleon
1848: Abolition again
1833; abolition in uk
end 18th: Louverture
1804; indpendence haiiti
1860s: reconnaissance haiiti
1825; contraction dette haiiti
1915-35: occupation of haiiti by US
1787: establishment of freetown by the US