The morning news

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accustomed to ascribe to darkest Africa

alone.

Rebellion of 17H.

The white population of the island took

advantage of the action of the French as

sembly of 17SH to declare themselves, too.

a free and independent people. The souf

siirrlng struggle of the American people

had filled Haitians and Santo Dominicans

n ke with the spirit of emulation and al

though, as in the case of that same glo

rious American revolution Hself, the “an

ti-slavery” movement fell far short so far

as ihe blacks were concerned, sti-fl they

dubbed themselves patriots, and expelling

the despotic Governor who had served

under Louis XVI. set up a republic of thcr

own. The constituents of this at best pro*

visional government, ah hough they com

prised all the wealth and culture In the

land, were still Insignificant in numbers.

The whites were about as 1 to 20 lo the

total population; the mulat'nes, who con

stituted an approach to a middle class, wore

about as one to five The remainder of the

population were full-blooded negroes. And

j these three races waged three several

wars, in each of which the uprising power

assumed the red cockade and arrogated to

themselves the. title patriots. The whites,

rebelling against a despotic King olioarrl,

declared themselves sole rulers of the Isl

and, and announced that black and mu

latto might remain in slavery. Their sway

was no sooner on a path to stability than

the mulatto©® aro-se, declaring themselves

the equals of the whites, whom hey man

ifestoed might be permitted to Join them,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The morning news. (1899). Savannah, Ga., 1899-08-21. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86063034/1899-08-21/ed-1/?sp=5

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The morning news, 1899-08-21.