Haiti has a complex, rich, fascinating, and tumultuous culture and history with stories of resistance, revolt, and instability. But one of the fundamental aspects of Haiti is its resilience. In spite of slavery, multiple coups, various occupations, and militarization, Haiti continuously fights to remain strong.

Early History Haiti has a uniquely tragic history. Natural disasters, poverty, racial discord, and political instability have plagued the small country throughout its history. Before the arrival of Europeans, Arawak (also known as Taino) and Carib Indians inhabited the island of Hispaniola.

Haiti proceeded to place in its 1805 Independence Constitution that any person of African descent who arrived on its shores would be declared free and a citizen of the Republic. After the revolution ended in January 1804, Haiti became the second free country in the Western World after the U.S.A, but the U.S.A was still a slave nation as was England. While France had freed Haitian slaves during the revolution, France and other European nations still had slaves in Africa and Asia, so the ...

Haiti, whose population is almost entirely descended from African slaves, won independence from France in 1804, making it the second country in the Americas, after the United States, to free itself from colonial rule.

- Haiti is the only free republic born of a successful slave rebellion. Also the first black republic. This is a special point of pride for Haitians. - A constant history of violence but NOT of poverty (for many years, in fact, Haiti was the richest European colony in the New World) Religion - Christian country: 80% Catholic, 15% Protestant

In history of Latin America: The north and the culmination of independence. …forged the independent nation of Haiti. Partly inspired by those Caribbean events, slaves in Venezuela carried out their own uprisings in the 1790s.

Even the wording of the failure to “put down” a slave revolution, demands that we continue researching that history. The harsh truth is that the story of Haiti includes the enslavement of nearly 800,000 Africans who were brought to the area to work cotton, sugar and coffee crops in the 17th century. The abuse that they suffered at the hands ...

Haiti declared its independence from France on January 1 st, 1804. From 1791 to 1804, the slaves of Haiti, then known as the French colony Saint-Domingue, fought off their French slave owners. France fought to hold on to Haiti, as it was their wealthiest colony, exporting sugar, indigo, and coffee.

Why experts say of their shared history led to a migrant crisis on the border Political interference in Haitian politics shapes global perspectives. Haiti and the United States share an intertwined... Coverage of climate disasters, corruption worsens anti-Haitian bias. Haitian migrants are seen at ...