Haitis history:
-Before the arrival of the Europeans and Christopher Columbus the Arawak and carib Indians inhabited the island of Hispaniola.
-Spain eventually ceded the island of Hispaniola to France in 1697.
-France then named the colony Saint-Domingue
-African slave labor was vital to the economic development of saint Domingue
• About 800,000 slaves arrived from Africa
• Accounting for a third of the entire Atlantic slave trade
• by 1789 slaves outnumbered the free population four-to-one
• there were 452,000 slaves in a population of 520,000
-In 1791 An educated former slave named Toussaint Louverture, joined forces with France in order to capture Saint-Domingue and become independent.
-After becoming commander in chief he than rebelled against the French in attempts to become free of European influence.
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- In October 1801 Napoleonic wars enabled France to begin a new battle against Louverture.
-Louverture surrendered but not shortly after another general, general Alexandre petioin attempted to expel the French
- By 1803 The French is compelled to withdraw and after 300 year of colonial rule the new nation of Haitit is declared an independent republic.
-it was the first modern state governed by people of African descent
-The U.S. maintained a distant relationship with Haiti until about 1862 when the U.S was forced to establish cordial relations due to the wars.
-In 1916 the U.S. expanded throughout the entire island of Hispaniola including the Dominican Republic.
-During the nearly two decades that the U.S. has been in Haiti they have helped with the stabilization of their economy and amending the Haitian constitution.
Voodoo in America:
-Between 1791 and 1804, a series of slave revolts inspired by VOODOO practice culminated in the expelling of the French from Haiti.
-Voodoo is also known as Vodou or