#ayiti

[afropessimisst]

ngl i hate the way some black ppl talk ab haiti like PUT RESPECT ON HAITIS NAME!! they been killing themselves for africa since 1791!!!

[thesharpestthorn]

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[carlhcharles]

[piononostalgia]

Paintings by Samedy depicting Fort Allen (Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico) during the early 1980’s, where Haitian refugees were detained.

[sonderpoison]

Mother's Day in Haiti (Fête des Mères) is celebrated on the last Sunday of May, honoring the central role women play as pillars of the family and community. Traditions include church services, family gatherings with special meals, and wearing red flowers to honor living mothers or purple/white for those who have passed.

[sonderpoison]

The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was a key turning point for the United States. Haiti, then known as Saint-Domingue, was a French colony producing vast wealth through sugar and coffee plantations. However, the enslaved population fought against the French for their freedom, culminating in Haiti becoming the first black-led republic.

As a result, France, weakened financially and militarily, was forced to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803. This sale, known as the Louisiana Purchase, doubled the size of the U.S. and set the stage for its westward expansion.

Without Haiti’s revolution, France might not have relinquished the territory, which would have dramatically altered American history.

[sonderpoison]

MARIE ST FLEUR ∼Election to the House of Representatives in July 1999 made her the first Haitian-American elected official in Massachusetts.

[auxcayes]

Alex Webb, Haiti, 1980