Haitian Vodou

Another method that was used by Martin Luther King jr. to resist social oppression in Birmingham Alabama is the nonviolent direct –action program which involve four steps, collection of facts to determine whether injustices are alive, negation, self-purification, and direct action. This is what King said about the effectiveness of his program in his Letter from Birmingham jail, “nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such a creative tension that a community that has…

The Haitian Revolution lasted for approximately thirteen years, beginning in August of 1791 and coming to an end on January 1, 1804. The Haitian Revolution is primarily renowned not only because it was the first Latin American nation to gain independence, but also because upon liberation, Haiti became the first republic to be governed by people of African descent. Furthermore, the fact that a slave rebellion was of a significant influence in the creation of this revolutionary republic sets…

The Haitian Revolution as a Function of Independent Perspective In my final essay, I would like to examine the focal argument of Adom Getachew’s “Universalism After the Postcolonial Turn: Interpreting the Haitian Revolution” through the lens of CLR James’ revolutionary history The Black Jacobins. Getachew’s essay presents a challenging historiography, studying the way that we write history to centralize Europe and the ideologies that spill forth from it. Primarily, she urges spectators of…

reasons for these conflicts, but occasionally several will have the same universal cause. The belief that one group is superior over another has been one of these universal causes of conflict in society. The British women’s suffrage movement, the Haitian revolution, and the French revolution are all examples of this cause of conflict: Superiority by gender, race, and class. In the mid 19th century, British women began fighting for their right to vote. Over the course of about 60 years, British…

Liberator of Slaves. Ruler of Saint Domingue. Military Commander. Toussaint Louverture, the legendary leader of the Haitian Revolution was one of the most influential military commanders in the late 1700s to early 1800s. He fought against France for the freedom of Haitian slaves, and, through great cunning, guerilla warfare, and sheer military prowess, he succeeded in freeing the slaves of Haiti. The three reasons listed above were his main personal achievements, and what he will forever be…

In 1915, after the assassination of Haitian President Vibrun Guillaume Sam, who ordered the killings of 167 political prisoners, the United States began a 19 year occupation in Haiti to protect US business. Before the US occupation, Haiti had been subjected to the foreign rule of the Spanish, and then later the French. The Spanish believed they were not gaining from the relationship, and the country was passed over to the French as if it were a baton in a relay race as opposed to an Island that…

to Haiti for a month and return as a whole different person. Most of the time when someone discovers that a Haitian is in the medical field they are shocked and ask themselves how could it…

revolt 1822, Malê revolt 1835, Antigua Conspiracy 1736, and Haitian Revolution 1791 we are able to see the role of African spirituality and influence of conditions. The Haitian Revolution 1791 was initially lead by Boukman Dutty a Voodoo Priest, Jean Franҫois, Cècile Fatiman Voodoo High Priestess or mamba and Georges Biassou. However the eventual leader of the revolution would be Toussaint L’Overture, Dessalines and Henri Christophe. The Haitian Revolution occurred under the following…

Revolution is when a group of people try to overthrow those in power. One instance occurred on the Island of Hispaniola, which is present day Haiti, when a group of slaves led a revolt against their French leaders. Another instance occurred in Iran, when Islamic nationalists in Iran tried to overthrow the Iran leaders known as the Shah. The last instance occurred in Northern Nigeria, where the Fulani people revolted against the local Hausa rulers to try and set up an Islamic state.…

the most important result of the Haitian Revolution was becoming free citizens due to the slave uprising and the ideas and consequences of the French Revolution. Before the revolution took place, slaves had little to no rights. They were considered property, they had to work everyday, and their living conditions were horrible, causing the majority of them to die young. These inequalities fed a will to be free in the enslaved residents of Haiti. The majority of Haitian slaves having come from a…