Evening star

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great majority of the inhabitants j

were either negroes or mulattoes and

800 of these mulattoes enlisted under

Count d’Estaing and were with the

French allies who fought for Ameri

can liberty at Savannah. The Haitian

people, especially those of the better

educated classes, had naturally been

influenced by the French doctrine of

the equality of man, and so it was not

strange that-Haiti was the first na

tion of the Western world, after the

United States, to engage in a war for

Independence.

Toussaint l’Ouverture. the ex-slave,

whose name is derived from the fact

that he overturned the French gov

ernment in the island, was the first

preat leader. January 1, 1804. Touis

aa.int’s successor. Jean Jacques Des-

Kallnes, promulgated the declaration

of Haitian independence.

r f"*HE cloeing years of the eighteenth

century and the first quarter of

the nineteenth witnessed revolutions in

all of the Spanish possessions of the

South American continent. Ecuador,

where the Spanish governor was de

posed by a revolutionary congress

at Quito, August 10, 1809, claims the

first definite declaration of independ

ence against 'Spain. Argentina’s

declaration took a similar form on

May 25, 1810. In the Fall of that

rtm« year came the ringing of Mex

iuo's liberty bell.

Hanging In the tower of the parish

at Dolores, this bell was at

least 200 years old when Miguel

Hidalgo rang It to summon his peo

ple to revolt instead of to mass.

Blots against Spain In which the

priest was Implicated had been dis

covered, and on that day he hastily

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1926). Washington, D.C., 1926-07-04. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1926-07-04/ed-1/?sp=35

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1926-07-04.