Geographical position Between 17° 55' and 20° north latitude, and between 71° and 77° west longitude from the meridian of Paris, lies the island which in the United States is often called "the mysterious Haiti." The Aborigines Before the fifteenth... [Read More]

Such were the first inhabitants of Haiti when, on August 3, 1492, Columbus left Palos. After a journey too well known to be repeated here, his three caravels anchored on the 6th of December, 1492, in a pretty bay in the northern part of Haiti. In... [Read More]

In 1519 occurred the last uprising of what was left of the first inhabitants of the island. Saved almost miraculously from the massacre of Anacaona's followers in 1504, Henri, a native of Bahoruco, was taken to Santo Domingo and brought up in a... [Read More]

The presence of these dangerous neighbors alarmed the Court at Madrid. In 1630 Admiral Frederic de Tolede expelled both the English and French from St. Christopher. Looking for a safer shelter, they settled at Tortuga Island (La Tortue), situated in... [Read More]

By recognizing the French conquest the treaty of Riswick rid the colonists of Saint-Domingue of their anxieties arising from the vicinity of the Spaniards. The latter even became their allies, the war for the succession of the throne of Spain having... [Read More]

In 1789 there were at Saint-Domingue 520.000 inhabitants, 40,000 of whom were white, 28,000 affranchis and 452,000 slaves. The number of maroons was from two to three thousand. Whilst most of the whites led corrupt and dissolute lives, the... [Read More]

Au moment ou éclate la fameuse affaire Galbaud, toute la population blanche de la colonie de Saint-Domingue se trouvait en rébellion ouverte contre la métropole et les commissaires civils. Leur colère s'expliquait du fait que l'Assemblée nationale,... [Read More]