Haiti Richer Than DR
Haiti was not formally recognized as an independent nation but by about 1825 and the only reason why King Charles X recognized their independence was because frankly speaking, they bought their independence for 60 million dollars from France which money today would've made Haiti today one of the richest country in the world. By far much richer than DR.
The British recognized Haiti's independence in 1833 and the Americans would not go for having a free slave sister republic in the Americas. Hell, it took Charles Summer, a Representative of Massachusetts in 1863 to put a very convincing argument why they should recognize Haiti as the second freed sister republic and black nation.
We Dominicans have never been people of revolts and did not ever try to take advantage of Haiti even when they were most vulnerable.
The things that hurts me the most is that after all the benefits that Haiti provided to the international communities, specially Latin America and the US, they are the first ones to betray them and turn their back on them specially after knowing that if there is a Simon Bolivar to read about in history today as well as their own freedom; it is much owed to Haiti.
Much of the deterioration and the lack of striving motivation of Haiti as a prosperous nation today comes from the attribution of the US Invasion and occupation which lasted well over 19 years in 1915 which president Wilson later on admitted that the sole purpose of that occupation was to take over Haiti's economic system beginning with the control of gold reserve, Haitian customs and the control of Haitian National Bank etc.
Until 1915 Haiti was a country even envied by the US which manouvered the perfect plan to take much of what Haiti had, Americans were also the first ones to wipe Haiti out of most of its forests by stealing their majestic trees to feed their thirst for such wood as well as clearing and taking the farming lands that poor Haitian families used for eating, to plant large plantation of tobacco, banana and sugar.
During the US occupancy Haitians were treated no differently than when they were slaves by the french and were forced to hard labor. And since these haitians no longer had their little farms thanx to the Americans, suffered hunger and malnourishments which led to tha massive exodus of Haitians into the caribbean coutries, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
The US succeeded on its purpose to make sure that no black nation would prosper and did only pack up and left only after their job was completely done, 19 years later in 1934 which consisted of making sure that Haiti was no threat in any ways by empoverishing them, keeping the black nation down therefore depriving them from self pride and autodetermination.
If the US, France and all the Latin American countries that Haiti helped fund their freedoms and volunteered its soldiers were grateful, they would be more interested in helping Haiti instead of turning their backs on them.
Haiti was not formally recognized as an independent nation but by about 1825 and the only reason why King Charles X recognized their independence was because frankly speaking, they bought their independence for 60 million dollars from France which money today would've made Haiti today one of the richest country in the world. By far much richer than DR.
The British recognized Haiti's independence in 1833 and the Americans would not go for having a free slave sister republic in the Americas. Hell, it took Charles Summer, a Representative of Massachusetts in 1863 to put a very convincing argument why they should recognize Haiti as the second freed sister republic and black nation.
We Dominicans have never been people of revolts and did not ever try to take advantage of Haiti even when they were most vulnerable.
The things that hurts me the most is that after all the benefits that Haiti provided to the international communities, specially Latin America and the US, they are the first ones to betray them and turn their back on them specially after knowing that if there is a Simon Bolivar to read about in history today as well as their own freedom; it is much owed to Haiti.
Much of the deterioration and the lack of striving motivation of Haiti as a prosperous nation today comes from the attribution of the US Invasion and occupation which lasted well over 19 years in 1915 which president Wilson later on admitted that the sole purpose of that occupation was to take over Haiti's economic system beginning with the control of gold reserve, Haitian customs and the control of Haitian National Bank etc.
Until 1915 Haiti was a country even envied by the US which manouvered the perfect plan to take much of what Haiti had, Americans were also the first ones to wipe Haiti out of most of its forests by stealing their majestic trees to feed their thirst for such wood as well as clearing and taking the farming lands that poor Haitian families used for eating, to plant large plantation of tobacco, banana and sugar.
During the US occupancy Haitians were treated no differently than when they were slaves by the french and were forced to hard labor. And since these haitians no longer had their little farms thanx to the Americans, suffered hunger and malnourishments which led to tha massive exodus of Haitians into the caribbean coutries, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
The US succeeded on its purpose to make sure that no black nation would prosper and did only pack up and left only after their job was completely done, 19 years later in 1934 which consisted of making sure that Haiti was no threat in any ways by empoverishing them, keeping the black nation down therefore depriving them from self pride and autodetermination.
If the US, France and all the Latin American countries that Haiti helped fund their freedoms and volunteered its soldiers were grateful, they would be more interested in helping Haiti instead of turning their backs on them.
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