Haiti is on my mind people.
HAITI IS ON MY MIND!
Caribbean’s need to know and understand how much we owe to Haiti and how important it is to us and them that we stand up and help them in their greatest time of need.
I cannot emphasise to you what or where or how the people of Haiti have survived the many hardships they have survived for hundreds of years, but they as a people, have. I found this sires of videos that can give you an idea how Haiti became the first Black Republic . Like I said before the Haitian Revolution was the only successful Slave Revolt in history, these people back then kicked the collative asses of the French, Spanish, and British, in other words this pearl of the French Empire defeated every world power of the day, something we should never forget, it was this revolution, that triggered others in the region, it is because of the stand these people made for freedom that the monster that was slavery had to recoil and many others were then emancipated.It is this revolution believe it or not, that lead to in Trinidad what we call the ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ our freedom celebration, in more ways than one... WE ARE FREE BECAUSE HAITIANS FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM AND WON.
And then, they were made to pay Europeans for their actions for centuries to follow.
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Great post! This is my first time commenting here. These videos just threw me right back to O'Level Caribbean History class. This compilation was so great I had to speak on it.
Haiti came up in a time when black people in the Western Hemisphere were enslaved. Period. The world in 1804 was NOT recognizing NO BLACK GOVERNOR, BLACK PRESIDENT, NOR BLACK REPUBLIC. In 1804, Blacks were meant to be servants and unpaid sub-human labor. Every single Caribbean, North American and Latin American country was ruled by WHITE MEN, slaveholders at that. They sure as hell were not interested in doing business with anybody who looked like they belonged on THEIR plantations. So Haiti had to struggle economically on its own for about more 100 years. That's the power of RACISM.
Thank you boss and well done. Let the world know the TRUTH.
I will get off my soap box now :)
Thanks for dropping in Cocoa as I reply to this post I see one video has been pulled its funny how the truth is always suppressed but you know how it is, come again yuh hear...your soapbox is always waiting for you.
Thank you :)
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