A six-part dramatised documentary series
5: A Grateful Peasantry
Written and introduced by EVAN JONES
By the year 1791 the French Revolution had spread to the West Indies. On the island of San Domingo 100,000 slaves rose up in rebellion. Plantations were destroyed and 2,000 colonists massacred.
At home, the prospect for bringing the slave trade to an end looked bleak indeed.
Music JOSEPH HOROVITZ
Film cameraman TONY PIERCE-ROBERTS Sound DENNIS PANCHEN
Costumes ELIZABETH WALLER Designer OLIVER BAYLDON
Producer CHRISTOPHER RALLING