History

Here is something interesting... Usually, in a war, the victor demands reparations or indemnities or tribute from the loser nation. But we all know that's not what happened to Haiti after she won his war of independence!

Did you know??? --- The original flag of Venezuela was made in Haiti and it was first flown in Jacmel Haiti on March 12, 1806 as Miranda's expedition prepared to make the final leg of its voyage to Venezuela.

Read this from Face2Face Africa... Long before the British abolished slave trade in 1833, the first slave trade came to an end due to political and other kinds of events, particularly the Haitian revolution in 1791.

American rapper Kanye West made a comment on TMZ about slavery that lit twitter on fire sending Kanye back to school to learn about the Haitian Revolution... Kanye west said slavery was a choice... Say What???

France has probably never forgiven Haiti for the tens of thousands of slaves who rose up in the armed uprising that led to history's first abolition of slavery resulting in the loss of revenue from its slave system and thousands of destroyed sugar and coffee plantations.

VIDEO: Candidate for president of Chile, Marco Enriquez Ominami, says: If it were not Haiti, we (Chileans) would still be slaves of Spain...

There were two main drivers for the US occupation of Haiti that you probably didn't know... Read this...

Read this... The Dominican Republic has the peculiarity of celebrating its independence not from a colonial power, but from Haiti BUT the Dominican Republic won their independence a second time and Haiti helped...

Know your History -- Thursday July 28 2016 marks 101 years since the United State invaded Haiti... The U.S. occupation of Haiti began on Wednesday July 28, 1915, when 330 US Marines landed at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the authority of US President Woodrow Wilson.

Mezanmi, kisa sa vle di lè yon Kay genyen 6 Pyès? --- Alèkile, la jeunesse Haitienne vinn tèlman eklere yo pa menm konnen kobyen pyès kay ki genyen nan yon kay. Map eseye eksplike yon moun ke lakay papa-m la genyen 5 pyès kay, li di-m oh non, se 2 chanm a kouche li ye... Ki afè de chanm a kouche w-ap pale laa? se 5 pyès kay wi mwen di-w... LOL...