Haitian History Archives – L'union Suite

This Week In Haitian History – Haitian Revolution Begins

Mrswanda — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:10:02 +0000

One of the most notable aspects of Haitian history is that the nation is the only one to have emerged as the result of a successful slave rebellion. From 1791 through 1804, enslaved people and their allies in Saint-Domingue fought a protracted revolution to win their independence from France. This was not the first episode […]

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Today in Haitian History – July 28, 1915 – U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Haiti

Mrswanda — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:48:00 +0000

A century ago, American troops invaded and occupied a foreign nation. They would stay there for almost two decades, install a client government, impose new laws and fight insurgents in bloody battles on difficult terrain. Thousands of residents perished during what turned out to be 19 years of de facto U.S. rule. The country was Haiti, the Caribbean nation […]

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Inside the 8th Anniversary of the Haitian Memorial Monument in Savannah

Mrswanda — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 01:33:05 +0000

On October 9th, a group of Haitians from South Florida traveled to Savannah, ‪Georgia to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the Haitian Memorial Monument. The monument is dedicated to “Les Chasseurs Volontaires De Saint-Domingue,” more than 500 Haitian soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War’s bloody siege of Savannah on October 9, 1779. The three trip included […]

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Vintage Haiti: Haiti c.1900, 1910 and 1914

Mrswanda — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:27:54 +0000

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Vintage Haiti: Haitian Women, c.1870 and c.1953

Mrswanda — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 14:34:19 +0000

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Haiti c. 1988 By Photographer Jürgen Vogt.

Mrswanda — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 13:14:05 +0000

One of my favorite part of this site and finding old pictures of Haiti. I’m always very fascinated and wondered where and what my parents were doing when the pictures were snapped. How I wished I could place myself in the middle of these snap shots and experience what it was like to live in Haiti back […]

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