Haiti in 1492 was where Columbus became grounded.

The Haitian slave revolt in 1791 was like THe sparticus slave revolt EXCEPT they beat the emporer Napolean. After the many defeats in Haiti and Canada, Napolean decided France was over extended and decided to sell their territories. The United States purchased the land offerd by Napolean in an event we now call the Louisiana Purchase. Haiti was instrumental in the growth of our nation.


After fighting the Spanish, the English and then France, Haiti is the second oldest nation in the western hemisphere after the United States and led the way for free nations in the rest of SOuth America.

I wonder if Haiti frightened the slaves owners of America since Haiti had the only sucessful slave revolt that led to a soverign nation???

I think we have as a nation punished Haitian audacity for being so uppity as to win a slave revolt.


THe US has attacked Haiti no fewer than 3 times to protect our interests by "stabilizing" the region.

For the last 40 years the US has had a less tolerent imigration policy than the one we have toward Castro's Cuba.