Saint Domingue Research Paper

Deep in the thick swamps and woods of Northern Gulf County, amidst the buzz and sting of mosquitoes, chirps of squirrels, and swirls of the Apalachicola, is a long-lost story. One hundred and eighty years ago the town of Iola sprang out of the cypress swamp of what is now north east Gulf County. That small community, was, and still is an enigma in the wilderness of territorial Florida and has all but faded from the memory of Gulf County and is nothing but a boat ramp now.

It is unknown the exact date of Saint George’s birth, but scholars say it was most likely in 236 AD in the city of Lydda. His parents were Gerontius, a Roman officer, and Polychronia, a Greek native of Lydda. Both of his parents were Christians from noble families and raised George to be the same (St. George –Saints & Angels-Catholic Online). George was in Diocletian's army since his seventh year (Larson). Diocletian was the Roman Emperor at the time of Saint George who had a powerful hate of Christians. By his late 20s, George served as an imperial guard for the Emperor at Nicomedia. On February 24, 303 A.D., Diocletian announced that he would arrest every Christian. He also declared that every other soldier should offer a sacrifice to the Roman gods. George refused Diocletian’s order, but Diocletian had a great relationship with George’s father. Diocletian bribed George to believe in pagan gods, but George refused. Diocletian eventually ordered his death. Before his death, George gave money to the poor and went through torture sessions (St. George-Saints & Angels-Catholic Online). It is unknown the exact way that George died; some say chopped into pieces, others say buried to death, and others say consumed by fire (St. George). George died on April 23, 303, which is his feast day in today’s world

The Saint I have chosen is Saint Gabriel the Archangel. I chose him to be my saint because, my name is Gabriela and he was God's messenger who told Mary she would be having Jesus. I also chose him because he was my Saint for First Grade Saint Presentation. Gabriel the Archangel is the Patron Saint of messengers, telecommunications, and those who work for the news. I can pray to Saint Gabriel about being a better follower of Jesus and spreading the word of God.

Yves Henri Donat Matthieu Saint Laurent, know as Yves Saint Laurent, was born in August 1, 1936 in Oran, Algeria. He was born into working class family, his father, Charles Saint Laurent,was a lawyer and insurance broker that owned a chain of cinemas, and his mother, Lucienne Mathieu. He had two younger sisters, Michèle and Brigitte. Saint Laurent did not have a easy childhood, in school he would often be bullied by appearing to be a homosexual. This lead to him being a very nervous and would often get sick. He enjoyed creating detailed paper dolls. Much older he designed dresses for his sisters and mother. At age 17, Saint Laurent moved to Paris and met Michelde Brunhoff, director of French Vogue at the time, who published several of Saint

St.Michael the Archangel actually helps people so much even some people today. St.Michael helps people find the courage to face danger and carry on (St.Michael the archangel 12). St.Michael helps/affects people today because he has a prayer which helps and makes people feel stronger every time they pray it (Saint Michael Center 4). People who face danger every day working to protect us find that St.Michael’s medal fortifies their faith and reinforces their commitment to the protection for others (St.Michael the Archangel 12). The Archangel St.Michael is the patron saint of the warrior, who catholics have designated as the protector of those who strive to preserve security, safety, and peace (St.Michael the archangel 1). As such members of

This village, named Isabella, became the first outpost of the Spanish Empire. One of these new ideas for governing was the use of native slave labor on plantations. This was the beginning of the long history of slavery that Haiti is known for. The placement of Hispaniola as the gateway to the Caribbean region made it a highly wanted location. Sir Francis Drake, along with other buccaneers, made several attacks against the island. Although they were never successful, these battles slowly deteriorated the dominance of Spain. French residents from the island of Tortuga noticed this decline in power, and started to move into Hispaniola. By the mid-eighteenth century, a territory largely neglected under Spanish rule had become the richest colony in the Western Hemisphere. The mixture of races that eventually divided Haiti into a small, mostly mulatto elite and an impoverished black majority started with the white slave owners reproducing with the African women. In 1791, there was a slave rebellion led by Francois-Dominique Toussaint Louverture. They killed every white person they seen. They put every white house or building that the white people owned on fire. The burnings of the

The slaves were not the only black inhabitants of Saint-Domingue. The free black inhabitants were called Mulattoes. Like the slaves, they too were oppressed in some way. While they had some sense of freedom, they were oppressed by the structure of the white government of Saint-Domingue. Upon reaching manhood, they were required to serve in a mandatory three-year term in the military. Upon release, they were then forced to serve in their

Before Cuba became a nation, Cuba was first a Spanish colony. In 1492, Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, claimed Cuba as a colony of Spain after he was sent by the Spanish monarchy to find a route to Asia, specifically Southeast Asia. Columbus enlisted the help of the native people in Cuba, known as the Taino, to find consequential resources on the island for Spain. The Tainos’ willingness to aid Columbus caused the native people to become enslaved under Spanish rule. Despite the encouragement from Hatuey, a Taino leader who tried warning fellow Taino the horrors of Spanish subjugation, uprisings to remove the Spanish failed. In 1570’s, the economic success of the farming industry fueled Spain to import Africans to work as slaves.

In France at the time, "the relatively homogenous ethnicity allowed for the convenient and commonly accepted divisions of social ?estates?. By contrast, the colonies were culturally and ethnically plural. Rather than ?estates,? the colonies,...had ?castes?, whites, free persons of color, and the slaves" (Knight 203). While the black slaves formed about 80 percent of the population on the island of Saint Domingue, the upper strata was divided between color and class. The population of Saint Domingue at the time was classified into three main categories. Each main category was then subdivided. The whites were divided between the gran blancs and the petit blancs; the free blacks were usually referred to as the gens de couleur; and the slaves were called affranchis.

In his voyage he came upon the Caribbean Islands, and a Native American tribe called the Taino. When Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) the Taino Indians were gentle and peaceful and traded with Columbus. Christopher Columbus took the Native Americans for

After enlightenment ideals began to spread across the globe, revolutions and wars for independence became commonplace throughout the world. After the French revolution, many countries and colonies began to follow suit and desire major changes in their colonies whether it be independence or equality/rights for all citizens. One such colony where this took place was the French colony of Saint-Domingue. The revolution, which took place here, was one not originally for independence but for equality among at least three different classes of people. These classes were the white French settlers, the gens de couleur and finally the slaves. Many traditional narratives of the Haitian Revolution say the fighting in Saint-Domingue was civil war fought between three distinct groups , closer examination of primary sources show that some white settlers, many of the gens de couleur, and slaves fought toward the same goal.

When Columbus arrived at Hispaniola, he ran into some people called the Taino. The Taino willingly traded them jewelry, animals, and supplies. Columbus thought to himself that they would make good slaves. Then he forced them into slavery. If the Taino did not cost left enough gold they would be punished. The way they were punished was brutal. The Taino would either get a limb cut off or even be worse

The people on the island had no clue what a sword was so they would cut themselves when they would touch the blade. Christopher Columbus thought it was going to be easy if needed to fight with them. They had no way of protecting themselves. He and his men ended up killing these poor people little by little. Even when they tried to help them out by directing them to find gold or help them when they got hurt. On his trip when he arrived in Hispaniola the Taino people living on the island welcomed and were gentle with him and his men. When Columbus left the island he left forty of his men and those men raped and fought the Tainos after they helped them out.2 On his second trip Columbus set up a permanent colony and again his men raped, stole gold ornaments and food that provoked war with the Tainos. The Spanish killed tens of thousands out of population and the ones who did survive the Spanish ended up chopping off their hands if they did not provide their allotment.3 At the end the Spanish wiped out the islands either by killing the people or they left to surrounding countries.

Beginning with the Haitians, the French’s social system in Haiti was solely based on race, gender, and wealth which imposed a tight and rigid social structure and the majority of the Africans living there became slaves. In one article, it was stated that “Haitian society was deeply fragmented by skin colour, class, and gender”. This racial segregation may have occurred due to a slave movement occurring around the 17th century to 18th century where wealthy landowners would buy slaves in order to increase the production of goods at a low cost. A book called Avengers of the New World by Laurent Dubois which details the events of the Haitian Revolution mentions, “Free people of color, many of them wealthy planters, others serving in colonial military or police units, had proven their value and loyalty to the French regime… And yet they were being prevented by whites from participating in the political assemblies of the colony”.

Saint Peter was born in Bethsaida Gaulanitis, Syria Roman Empire at around 1 AD. Peter’s feast day is on the twenty ninth of June. Bethsaida Gaulanitis was near where the Jordan River enters the Sea of Gennesaret. This place was abandoned at around 65 AD. Peter’s original name appointed to him by his parents was Simon, it became Peter when Jesus changed his name. His father’s name was Jonah. Jonah was a physically strong individual, hence he became a fisherman. Peter deeply followed in his father’s footsteps. His mother’s name was Perpetua. Not much is known about her. Peter also had a brother named, Andrew. Andrew was another one of Jesus’s twelve disciples. Peter did not go to school, he was just taught by his father in the trade of fishing