Similarities Between 'Death, Dismemberment And Memory'

The readings, “Death’s Patriot” in Death, Dismemberment, and Memory by Christon Archer speaks on the Mexican Revolution and the article by Franklin Knight on Haiti speaks on the Haitian Revolution. Throughout History, we have seen many revolutions all over the world. But, specifically, the Mexican Revolution and the Haitian Revolution were both similar because they had similar social and political issues and goals when going against the Europeans. In the Aztec Empire what is now Mexico, Cuauhtemoc tried his best to defend the Aztec capital from the Spaniards, but was then captured and executed, and since then the Spanish have had control of Mexico which they called, New Spain (Johnson: 207). The Spanish wanted to convert the Aztecs into Catholics, and take their gold and silver. The Spanish not only took what the Aztecs had, but also brought disease. The Spanish tried to profit off from the land of the Indians and make them trade with other countries which was something the Indians did not like to do. Haiti had a population before the colonization happened, but as soon as the Europeans appeared, there was disease, and harsh labor to come. Then France had control of this colony and named it Saint Domingue. Since there wasn’t enough people to do the plantation work for free, the Europeans …show more content…
The people who were on the side of fighting for independence were tired of being belittled by the Spaniards. The people fighting for independence wanted to develop their own political and economic beliefs which was something the Europeans prevented them from doing (Germariartiel). Also, there was sentiment, which caused people to want to find their own Mexican identity and be on their own away from the European’s control who had conquered the land they called, “New Spain” which is now