Haïti
Haitian Kreyòl name: Ayiti
Also known as: Haiti, Hayti
Last updated: April 26, 2026
Haiti is the independent nation declared on January 1, 1804 out of the former French colony of Saint-Domingue. In the vault, the name marks both a political break with colonial rule and a deeper struggle over what social order would replace slavery and plantation empire.
Casimir's entire interpretive project is a decolonial history of this place.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Political context for Pierrot's later presidency.
post-independence state context
Wrote the first major national history of Haiti, situating the revolution in world-historical and African-centered terms that shaped Haitian national memory and historiography throughout the 19th century.
Haitian Declaration of Independence
Violence swept through cities across the new Haitian state
The election was held across Haiti and declared free and fair by international observers
The assassination created a political vacuum that deepened Haiti's ongoing governance crisis
The accord governed U.S. withdrawal from Haiti
The bank sale occurred in Haiti following the marine withdrawal
Bolívar was sheltered and rearmed in Haiti
The unification brought the North and South of Haiti under a single government
The revolt swept across rural Haiti, especially the North and Central departments
The Tonton Macoutes operated across all regions of Haiti
The secession reduced Haiti to the western third of Hispaniola
Duvalier's departure triggered the Dechoukaj across all regions of Haiti
The fiscal transfer reorganized supervision of Haitian state finances
The election took place in Haiti under army supervision
Haiti bore the entire burden of the indemnity payments
The loan reorganized Haiti's external debt structure during the U.S. occupation
The succession was proclaimed at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince
The eradication campaign was carried out across rural Haiti
The land reform transformed Haiti's southern and western provinces
The revolution spread across Haiti with its center in Port-au-Prince
Soulouque declared his empire from the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince
U.S. forces deployed across Haiti to enforce the transition
Saint-Domingue
Counter Plantation System
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