Rumors of impending reenslavement repeatedly triggered cultivator uprisings

Evidence

United in despair, the Algerian nationalists saw, in the ending of the war, prospects of a return to “colonialism as usual”, a powerful French army returning to police the country and aid the pieds noirs prevent implementation of the reforms they so ardently demanded. The scene was set for the terrible, unforeseen and unexpected explosion at Sétif — and, in its wake, l’heure du gendarme. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 123 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rigaud repelled commissioners by mobilizing workers with re-enslavement rumors; Religion and myth armed enslaved peoples for eventual impossible rebellion; Fear of renewed colonial repression triggered the Sétif explosion — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 123 (+1 more)

Related

• Fear of renewed colonial repression triggered the Sétif explosion (similarity 0.85)
• Crop failures, famine and colonial landholding ignited the Sétif revolt (similarity 0.80)
• Sétif’s revolt exploited a moment unrivaled for anti-colonial leverage (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Rigaud repelled commissioners by mobilizing workers with re-enslavement rumors #exemplifies (0.90)
• Fear of renewed colonial repression triggered the Sétif explosion #exemplifies (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 123
• Religion and myth armed enslaved peoples for eventual impossible rebellion #expands (0.40)
• Colonial facts were constituted out of rumor as often as the reverse #corroborates (0.30) — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 1274