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by himself, unadvised, uncrltlcised. unre

strained, with no European to tic on his bib

lor him and to teach him the amenities.

The white man is his outlander.

The career of the Black Republic has

been distinctive and variegated, but she

ias bought her experience dearly.

"She is unique." said one who knew his

subject. "They broke a piece of brimstone

off the French terror and have kept it

alicht evtr since."

Can the negro rule himself?

In Hayti he has had his chance, a fair

I'elti and no iavor. lie has had the most

fertile and beautiful of the Carlbbees for

his own. he has had the advantage of cx

ctllent French laws, ready framed, for hi

ute. lie inherited a made country, with

Cape Haytien for its Paris Little Paris, as

It was called. Here was a wide land, sown

with prosperity a land of wood, water.

towns and plantations: and in the midst ut

this plenty the black man was turned loose

to work out his own salvation and to prove

his racial virility.

That was the close of the eighteenth

century; at the close of the nineteenth we

may look for the result.

I remember vividly the night upon which

we approached Haiti. The steamer was

throbbing along through the star-reflecting

tjariDuean, ana i was reauing uaptaln Ken

redy's book in which he describes thu

cruise of H. M. S. Druid along the samo

coast nearly twenty years aeo.

The passages I read were these: 'These

crgie3 (speaking of Voodoo) generally last

three days, but often much longer. On th2

first night a priest sacrifices a cock at thr

altar, the blood being drunk warm. Da nein.?

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Indianapolis journal. (1900). Indianapolis [Ind.], 1900-10-22. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015679/1900-10-22/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Indianapolis journal, 1900-10-22.