The 1804 Haiti Massacre

In 1791, a man of Jamaican origin named "Boukman" became the leader of the slave population of a large plantation in Cap Français. In the wake of the revolution in France, he planned to massacre all the whites living in Cap Français. On 22 August 1791, the blacks descended to Le Cap, where they destroyed the plantations and executed all the whites who lived in the region. King Louis XVI was accused of indifference to the massacre, while the slaves seemed to think the king was on their side. In July 1793, the whites in Les Cayes were massacred.

History About Haiti (Ayiti)

National Anthem Translation

For Haiti, the Country's Ancestors

We must walk hand in hand There must not be traitors among us We must be ourselves's unique master. Let's walk hand in hand For Haiti can be more beautiful. Let us put our heads together To Haiti on behalf of all its ancestors.

For Haiti on the behalf of the Ancestors Let us mow, let us sow Let us sit in the soil's strength It has given us food In stumbled ground sends wheels With joy must provide ground Mow, water, women and men Must we come to live only by our arms' strength.

For Haiti and for the Ancestors We must be courageous People are not born to serve others That is why all mothers and all fathers Need to send children to school To learn to know What Toussaint, Dessalines, Christophe, Petion Made for bouncing Haitians under the white code.

For Haiti on the behalf of the Ancestors Let us raise our head and look above For everyone to ask the Lord To grant us protection For bad angels we diverted For we will march in the right path For liberty be liberty May justice spread over the country!

We have a flag like all people Let us love it, die for it It was not a gift from the whites It was our Ancestors blood that was shed To hold our flag high Let us work together and focus For other countries to respect it This flag is the soul of every Haitian.

Why did they need the slaves

The Haitian Revolution

(The 1804 Haiti massacre)

when Christopher Columbus discovered AYITI, he saw how rich the land was. It was perfect for a colony.

He wanted to build a colony.He Went back to tells the others about what he had found. They started out by buying Africans Slaves to the land and making them work for them.

Then they thought that it wasn't enough so they went and bought more slaves to work buildings and others stuff.They turned the habitants into slaves.

Survivors/Victims

Why I chose this subject

• Dessalines Would be a great example of a survivor. He served as an officer in the French army when the colony was trying to withstand Spanish and British incursions.
• Later he rose to become a commander in the revolt against France.he led many successful engagements

I Chose this subject because, I know a lot about the Haiti Massacre. I learned about it in school in Haiti. I thought it would be a way for me to review back and learn something new from it,Something that I didn't catch on from the first time I learned about the 1804 Haiti Massacre.

Fun Facts

Resources

• https://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap8a.html
• Google image
• Youtube.com
• https://chechar.wordpress.com/category/1804-haiti-massacre/
• https://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800/haitian-rev
• http://www.marxists.org/history/haiti/

• Independence Date : January 1st 1804
• Voodoo religion (vodouists direct their worship toward spirits subservient to their, called loa *Lou-wa*
• There were a lot of changes in the flag after the revolution
• Coins were made out of gold
• A lot of Haiti's gold remain taken by the french and the americans

Last but not least

Part 8

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Part 6

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Part 3

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Thoughts

I think That The Haitian Massacre was really sad, but on the other hand it was wrong of the french people to do what they did.

I dont like the fact that a lot of the slaves had to work even if they couldn't and how they were treated

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Jean Jacques Dessalines

^Le Negre Maron^

Located in Champ de Mars

• Jean Jacques Dessalines Is the creator of the Haitian flag.
• He asked his God-daughter Catherine Flon to sew it together and put the remaining pieces together
• It was sewn together on May 18, 1803 in the city of Archaie (Ar-kai-yeah)
• The Dominican flag was partly based on the Haitian flag.

leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent country. Haiti under the 1801 constitution. Initially regarded as governor-general, Dessalines later named himself Emperor Jacques I of Haiti

He is regarded as a founding father of Haiti

How did it all start

Image by Tom Mooring

History Of the flags

Empire of Haiti 1804-1806

State of Haiti 1806-1811

Empire of haiti 1849-1859

Kingdom of Haiti 1811-1820

Boukman

Current Flag

Duvalier 1964-1986

Haiti was originally called Ayiti or (Land of high mountains) by the indigenous Tainos that occupied that island before its alleged 'discovery'. It was renamed Espanola or Hispanola after Spain colonized it. It is now Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

It is still Called AYITI but in English you would say Haiti.