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Haiti's 'deal with the Devil': The malicious tale that emerges every crisis

January 15, 1822: Haiti became the first country to recognise an independent Greece

Did You Know About The Haitian Revolutionary Who Changed The Course Of The World When He Ended Slavery And Declared Haitian Independence?

On this date we remember Haiti’s founder General Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who was killed after becoming the first world leader in the Americas to permanently abolish slavery.

Haiti Was The First Country To Recognise Greek Independence

What the French Really Owe Haiti

Compensation for a history suffused with violence that left physical wounds and psychological trauma.

January 15, 1822: Haiti Became The First Country To Recognise An Independent Greece — Greek City Times

Howard: Rubbernecking Haiti

“Oh my,” we gasped when the picture above flashed throughout the news recently. Some prayed, others swore, and others turned away after a few seconds of curious “rubbernecking.”

Op-Ed: Assassination is only latest chapter in Haiti's tortured history

A Short History of Haiti – The Greanville Post

Security forces walk past mural with the effigy of late president Jovenel Moise on it. The 1697 Treaty of Ryswick legalized French control over the western third of the island of Hispaniola – a Spanish asset – under the name of Saint-Domingue. The colony proved to be a valuable spigot of wealth. In 1789, Saint-Domingue supplied two-thirds of the overseas trade of France and was the greatest individual market for the European slave trade. It was a bigger source of income for its owners than the whole of Britain’s 13 North American colonies combined. The labour of half-a-million slaves propped up the dazzling opulence of the French commercial bourgeoisie, and formed the hidden foundations of cities like Bordeaux, Nantes and Marseille. In August 1791, after two years of the French Revolution and its ripple effects in Saint-Domingue, the slaves revolted.

Secret History of Haiti Cries Out for Redemption of the Debts It Is Owed

Secret History of Haiti Cries Out for Redemption of the Debts It Is Owed By RAYMOND JOSEPH, https://www.nysun.com/foreign/secret-history-of-haiti-cries-out-for-redemption/91578/ “Haiti appears to be cursed,” wrote Le Monde, in an editorial two days after President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated. “It is a failed state,” added the august Parisian daily. This does not surprise me. Haiti attracts world attention only at times of major catastrophes, such as the earthquake that on January 12, 2010, destroyed 80% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and some communities as far as 35 miles away. At that time, no less a figure than the Protestant Evangelical minister Reverend Pat Robertson said the catastrophe was God’s “punishment” of Haitians for “the pact that was signed with the devil to get their independence.” Apparently he was referring to the voodoo ceremony that launched our independence struggle. Never mind that the Scriptures say God visits transgressions of parents to only the third and fourth generations. And that our cause was just.