Henri Christophe

Aimé Césaire was born in Basse-Pointe, Martinique, in the French Caribbean. His father, Fernand Elphège, was educated as teacher, but later worked as a manager of a sugar estate. Eléonore, his mother a seamstress. In Cahier Césaire described his childhood without mercy: "And the bed of planks from which my race has risen, all my race from this bed of planks on its feet of kerosene cases, as if the old bed had elephantiasis, covered with a goat skin, and its dried banana leaves and its rags, the ghost

and join British forces, as they had no desire to defend their Patriot masters’ right to enslave them. Many of the Volontaires themselves later went on to rebel against French control of Haiti. In fact, the Volontaires’ twelve-year-old drummer, Henri Christophe, commanded Haiti’s revolutionary

The Revolutionary era took place from 1763-1789. In this era was the Continental Congress. 1774, Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia, address many grievances against British, called First Continental Congress, included George Washington and John Adams. October 1774, First Continental Congress petitioned King George lll, Congress called for a general boycott of British goods. May 1775, Second Continental Congress, State house (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, new members included Benjamin Franklin

Turning the tides of racism and injustice in the Atlantic world, the Haitian Revolution 1791-1804 directly challenged and overcame European colonization; following a substantial and successful slave uprising, Haitians gained independence, but moving on is easier said than done, as is governing those persons. Years before acts banning the slave trade and even longer before the abolition of slavery, Haitians fought their way to independence, and they became a beacon of hope of overcoming subjugation

“Haiti is a nation debilitated by a postcolonial legacy of racial division, debt and underdevelopment. It is also a remarkably rich nation culturally and continues and continues to produce authors, intellectuals, and artists of note.” (Munro). Edwidge Danticat is one of those notable authors. Danticat wrote an insightful story called “A Wall of Fire Rising” to explore the historical and economic issues of Haiti. Haiti has always had a troubled past. Guy represents Haiti’s future. National Geographic

forgetting and remembering tend to blend together. Alejo Carpentier’s novel The Kingdom of This World does just that. Being that it is a historical fiction piece Carpentier makes a conscious choice to leave in historic characters: Macandal, Henri Christophe etc. These characters remind the reader of Haiti’s history, whereas Ti Noel is a fictitious character. Carpentier uses his characters and story plot to remind people what the Haitian nation has fought for. The role of history, remembering/forgetting

countries, they were at the top of society, and subjugated both the creoles and the mestizos. In most cases, only peninsulares were appointed to the colonies’ highest office positions in the colonial governments. 4. Toussaint L 'Ouverture and Henri Christophe: They were the two main key protagonists of the Haitian revolution, which which allowed Haiti to become independent from France in 1804. Haiti was the second nation to obtain self-rule in the Western Hemisphere. 5. The American Declaration of

In the late eighteenth century, Haiti was in a state of turmoil among the African slaves and French plantation masters, and as the conflict rose, a black man known as Toussaint Louverture rose to the occasion to free his people from the shackles of slavery. A former slave once referenced to as nothing more than a simple black man was deemed by many as “one of the black chiefs of Hayti’ after his death and won international renown. Toussaint Louverture, born a slave on the islands of Saint Domingo

Hispaniola or la Espanola, named by Christopher Columbus after his landing in 1492, is one of the largest island lying in the Caribbean Sea. The island is divided politically into the Dominican Republic and Haiti. One island, barely a barrier and yet, two completely different cultures and two completely different nations. The island was divided as a result of colonization. While the French colonized the west part of the island, what is today known as Haiti, and the Spanish colonized the east part

Globalization of Healthcare Globalization in healthcare is a topic that has been the subject of many debates worldwide. While practically the entire world is becoming a global village due to globalization, the healthcare industry was considered to be invulnerable to this trend. This was attributed to the fact that healthcare is a service industry, where service is delivered on area of purchase. However many developments not only in the healthcare industry but in the entire economical sphere