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by a traitor president, were expelled from

the island by the combined forces of the

patriotic Santo Dominicans and the Hai-

tian government. In this war the blacks, i

creoles and even the native whites did

such deeds as we are accustomed to as

cribe to darkest Africa alone.

REBELLION OF 1789.

The white population of the island took

advantage of the action of the French

assembly of 17S9 to declare themselves,

too, a free and independent people. The

soul-stirring struggle of the American

people had filled the Haitians and Santo

Dominicans alike with the spirit of emu

lation and although, as in the case of that

same glorious American revolution itself,

the "anti-slavery" movement fell far

short so far as the blacks were con

cerned, still they dubbed themselves pa

triots, and expelling the despotic gov

ernor who had served under Louis X5 I.

set up a republic of their own. The con

stituents of this at best provisional gov

ernment, although they comprised all

the wealth and culture in the land, were

still insignificant in numbers. The whites

were about as 1 to 20 to the totai popula

tion .the mulatoes, who eonstitued an ap

proach to a middle class, were about as

one to five. The remainder of the popu

lation were full-blooded negroes. And

these three races waged three several

wars, in each of which the usurping pow

er assumed the led cockade and arrogated

to themselves the title patriots. The

whites, rebelling against a despotic king

abroad, declared themselves sole rulers

of the island, and announced that black

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Daily inter mountain. (1899). Butte, Mont., 1899-08-19. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85053057/1899-08-19/ed-1/?sp=16

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Daily inter mountain, 1899-08-19.