Haiti

The American revolution and Haitian Revolution all achieve their initial political goals with verging of success. Rebellion was the key point of success and both revolutions. Despite the social cost of the Haitian Revolution they were able to propel the ideas of democracy and the idea of the quality far beyond boundaries established by the American revolution. Both of these revolutions are known as the greatest revolution in the western hemisphere. The Haitian Revolution is said to be known as…

In the introduction of R.R. Palmer’s The Age of the Democratic Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800, he outlines the movements that changed the structures within Western Civilization, which he defines as being the United States, England, France, and several other European countries. Palmer not only fails to examine over half of the nations in the western world that he discusses, but in doing so he also implies that the uprisings in these countries do not fit into his…

For example, on January 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by an earthquake of a magnitude of 7.0 about 10 miles southwest of Port au Prince causing over two million people becoming homeless within a very short period of time. As a consequence, the millions of homeless victims became vulnerable…

It is not necessary for an individual to delve too deep into Caribbean history to realize that the people of Haiti have been forced to deal with immense hardships. This troubled past has certainly had a significant impact on the modern generation of Haitians in the United States, and namely New York. Despite the frequent adversity that these Haitians face, it seems as though they can always find a way to rebound with the assistance of their music. Rara provides Haitian people with a method of…

island a year later. In 1801, after a lot of fighting, l'Overture made the revolution go further than only Haiti. Napoleon Bonaparte became the new ruler of France, and sent out an army to capture Toussaint, and then left him to die in prison. After his death, Jean-Jacques Dessalines lead another revolution and defeated France, became independent, and shortly after changed the island's name to Haiti. The French Revolution was a huge inspiration for the Haitian Revolution. The way that everybody…

the child labor that takes place in Haiti from a primary source such as a former slave. This book reveals details from Cadets childhood slave labor experiences all the way to the day he enlisted himself into the United States Army and changed his life for the better. Cadet’s experience really demonstrates how much hard work and a focus of what you want to achieve can pay off. The restavec phenomenon dates back as long as history itself. Taking place in Haiti, restavecs are slave children who…

for those ceremonies. I started researching what happens during a voodoo ceremony and what was needed to for the ceremony. In a post by the Humanitarian FOSS Project titled, “ At the Voodoo Ceremony”, this person actually experienced a ceremony in Haiti. The reason for the ceremony was for the host’s father who had died in a car accident, and the objective of the ceremony was to cast away the spirits that caused the accident. There were at least a thousand people attending. They sung to the Lwa…

Wade Davis is a noted Harvard ethnobotanist and is author of the book “The Serpent and the Rainbow.” In this book he writes about the special ingredients that bokor’s use to make “zombie powder”. All of these ingredients can be found anywhere in Haiti, but it takes a special magic, spell to conjure the ingredients into a potion. These ingredients only work during a ritual Vodoun ceremony and will only work if the person truly believes in the ritual, magic of the potion, and zombification prior…

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 Haiti’s struggle for independence apart…

clash played out countless times in the American colonies, Haiti, Spanish America, and the Caribbean. To fully appreciate the interconnectedness of how the American Revolution also led to the Haitian Revolution, it is crucial to look at the period from a broad context which examines the content of arguments for freedom rather than focusing on nationalities and differences in achieving the end goal. Although revolutionaries in America and Haiti differed greatly in ethnic background,…