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1819

1819: A French sea captain observes that various guilds in the republic require members to take an oath never to perform domestic work.

1819: A French sea captain observes that various guilds in the republic require members to take an oath never to perform domestic work. This collective refusal reflected the deep cultural association between domestic service and the degradations of slavery.

Source  ·  p. 59 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 59