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Herrenvolk democracy is a system of government in which only a specific ethnic/racial group participates in government, while other groups are disenfranchised. The term Herrenvolk means “master race” in German and was used to justify colonialism and racism². Some examples of Herrenvolk democracy are the Confederate States of America, Apartheid South Africa, and Rhodesia¹.

collective uprising of the people

during the late 1700s, the largest ethnic group among Saint-Domingue’s black population

slave dance

vodou priest

name given to the whole island (West & East) by Spaniards

plantation

a quarter of a gourde

unit of currency in Saint-Domingue