Haiti from “pearls of Antilles” to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere By Thesa

As we all know Haiti tend to be the poorest country in the Western Hemispere. In the 17th century the French colonisation of St Domingue(Haiti) began. St Domingue was the name of the island given by the French. St Domingue had a succesful plantation of sugar canne,coffee ,and it was the most cherish  French colony. St Domingue was the most flourishing colony that France had ever had, and at that time France was considered as the comercial empire of Europe. As a result, the colony  of St Domingue (Haiti)  was called “pearl of the Antilles”. While the political upheaval began in France, The Revolution of St Domingue began. Slaves started to realized slavery was inhuman, and they wanted their personal freedom. In 1804, St Domingue became Haiti. It took France 21 years later in 1825 to accept the freedom they have faught for, and make the Haitian government pay 150 million francs and a reduction of 50% of taxes in profit of France for comercial exchange. After that  Haiti starded commercial exchange with France and other country. Our economy was stable , and Haiti had a strong agricultural economy those days. Every Haitian was able to live, and now Haiti is famous only for being the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. Nowadays, our economy is based only on exportation, and we need to buy everything we need from the imperialism while they supply less from us.  It still hard to believe a flourishing colony ended just like that while Haiti still have a lot of ressources. Haiti still have a chance to be what it used to be in the past. I believe another Haiti is possible.

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