Bigotry In Haiti

The Caribbean is mostly observed today as a utopia, a place of tranquility and beauty. Some countries a far cry from its past which included death and bigotry due to the implementation of slavery and other unethical institutions. While both countries outside and inside of the Caribbean acknowledge the past of oppression and its pessimistic effects on various nations especially former colonies. The practice of Free Trade and foreign government involvement within Caribbean societies specifically Haiti can be argued as either negative or positive. As an undergraduate pupil being exposed to the history of Haiti and other Caribbean nations and their connection to Western powers such as the United States, there appears to be a more unfavorable

Saint Domingue made a lot of its wealth through not only slave labor for its sugar and tobacco plantations, but through pirate's landing there and spending their stolen/earned gold from their travels through the Caribbean. Then in the 1790’s the successful and infamous French Revolution occurred on the basis of “Liberty, Fraternity and Economy,” it was through this motto that the revolutionaries considered ending slavery within all of its colonies. But, then it appeared as if “Economy” became more important than “Fraternity,” as French revolutionaries realized as Professor Ziegler-Otero discusses in “Fear if a good example,”that slavery generated a huge profit and that they would not end it even though that would appear to be the ethical thing to do. When France decided not to end slavery, both free and enslaved blacks in Saint-Domingue organized without any foreign aid and overthrew the plantation owners and other leaders of slavery, becoming the only successful slave revolt in

Observed in the history of both of these nations is a very distinct heroism, as the United States fought against the British empire in order to gain its independence; and Haiti successfully battled the infamous French army. Through the endurance of both of these nations they became the first two self-governed states in the Americas. This similar heroic history between these two nations began to diverge into two completely different paths. When the emergence of fear and ignorance became greater in the minds of Western political figures than the heroism and wisdom that placed them within our history textbooks. The United States seemingly hopped on the European powers bandwagon of helping the French in oppressing the Haitian rebellion. The United States, along with other European countries who still upheld the institution of slavery, feared a good example as they saw an independent country of former slaves as a threat. For this victory for Blacks would influence peril for slave owners, as slaves within these countries would feel even more inspired to rebel themselves as a way of gaining their basic human rights. Especially in the U.S where ninety four percent of its population during that time were slaves. Leading to even more issues with controlling slave labor that was critical for the survival of the south's