Haitian Revolution

The French, and Haitian Revolutions both achieved their initial political goals with varying degrees of success, although victory sometimes meant great loss to the nations. Since French and Haitian counterparts, the rebels went on to fight and establish independence without overturning the colonial social order. Despite terrible human, monetary, and social costs, the French and Haitian revolutions were able to propel the idea of democracy and the ideal of equality far beyond the boundaries…

Aids and Accusation Aids and Accusation, written by Paul Farmer, is a book that truly captures and describes the epidemiology and history of HIV/AIDS in Haiti. Farmer’s immergence into the Haitian community during his research, alongside his educational background as a medical anthropologist and physician, contributed greatly to his approach of providing a deeply holistic understanding of HIV/AIDS in Haiti to the public for the first time (Farmer 2006:253). Through ethnographical,…

Possessing valuable resources and optimal conditions for growing expensive crops such as sugar, France dedicated much of their money into this little island, allowing Saint Domingue to become the wealthiest colony in this time period. However, the Haitian slaves revolted against the French colonial rulers, resulting in the first complete successful slave rebellion in history. However, the cost of the war, natural disasters, and a French "independence tax" crippled the former colony, leading…

First and foremost , the Haitian Revolution happened because the slaves got fed up with the cruelty they faced and they wanted all people to be treated with respect. Toussaint L’Ourverture , he was the leader of the Haitian Revolution and an ex-slave himself. He caused a slave uprising that freed Haiti from the French. In my opinion Toussaint L’Ouverture was one of the bravest man ever lived. Toussaint L’Ouverture was once a slave himself. Later in his life he was let go, he even owned slaves…

Saint Domingue's powerful economic force gave way for a socially unbalanced amount of slaves to the island, ultimately fueling the fire for the Haitian Revolution. The large amount of slaves brought by a growing agricultural economy and a long slavery period due to this prosperity allowed this social disambiguation. In addition to this, during the colonial period of Saint Domingue's economic prosperity demanded a high amount of slaves, triggering social instability. Since France held Saint…

if you were black you were a slave so them having a whole country to themselves was just very unordinary. Haiti wanted equality for everyone so they had to get their equality first in order to fulfill their desire of freedom and equality. The Haitian Revolution was a slave rebellion in the country of Haiti to get freedom. They fought against the French and gained their independence in 1804. Toussaint L’Overture was a key…

African Americans created free black organizations. Thees free black organizations helped newly freed slaves gets jobs and a place to stay. They also played a pivotal roll is the creation of the first black churches. The Haitian revolution occurred shortly after the french revolution in 1789.…

sugar canes. This island became the 2nd highest population aside from Brazil. With more production means more slaves hands need to harbor the sugar cane. Already in the middle of a French Revolution themselves France would soon face one of their surprising defeats in history’s forgotten Revolution the Haitian Revolution,…

My thoughts on the events that lead to the Haitian revolution are that the slaves were indeed very brave and courageous to revolt, Toussaint being a very intellectual yet brash leader, Jean Jacques-Dessalines a very driven and almost as malicious as the slave masters/holders. The revolt was not only well orchestrated, but a long time in the making as the “slaves” didn’t deserve the treatment that they were receiving. For example, when the slaves’ wounds were rubbed with hot powder, it shows how…

enveloped my vision. Four years earlier, following the earthquake that devastated Haiti, seeing it remain in ruins, made my heart sink. Before I realized it, the plane’s wheels landed on the Haitian soil and we were on our way to meet Ken and Andrea Taylor- a couple that has devoted their lives to assisting the Haitian people with medical help. That same afternoon we bumped our way…