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    Both the French and Haitian revolutions were spurred for similar reasons by distressed people‚ with an unfair distribution between social classes‚ restricted liberties and also a large gap between the rich and the poor which was the main impulse. There were significant overall economic differences between Haiti and France before the revolutions occurred. France was nearly bankrupt by the time that the revolution began and the American revolution had been extremely costly for France. The large economic

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    Successes Within the Haitian Revolution To me the Haitian revolution was successful due to the will power of the people. The slaves were tired of being suppressed and wanted change. Slavery accounted for nearly eighty percent of the population in Latin America. The slaves did not speak the native language. A language differing from the slave owners aided in the revolution due to they could speak to each other about certain events without getting caught by their masters. People over time will fight

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    than be forced back into in slavery and that they must create a government that protects the Haitians’ freedom. As former slaves‚ the Haitians were extremely worried the French would try to invade them again‚ as Napoleon had tried to do to fund his wars in Europe. Thus‚

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    culture. As I mentioned before my parents are Haitian. In my perspective‚ the Haitian culture is very strict. There’s a joke that goes around in the young Haitian community it goes: Sel bagay timoun ayisyen konnen se lekol‚ legliz‚ ak lakay‚ epi that’s it! (For short‚ we call it the 3 L’s). It means‚ “The only places Haitian kids know is school‚ church‚ and home‚ and that’s it!” This could not be more true; that is why it’s so hilarious. They keep Haitian girls especially close. I don’t get out much

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    centrality of the Haitian Upheaval in world history. "By making a general public in which all individuals‚ of all hues‚ were allowed opportunity and citizenship‚" he composes‚ "the Haitian Transformation perpetually changed the world" (p. 7). Dubois additionally lays out the focal topics of his account. Initially‚ autonomy from France was not initially the objective of the radicals‚ but rather got to be distinctly one in the mid nineteenth century (pp. 3-4). Second‚ the savagery of the Haitian Transformation

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    Haitian Music: Rara

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    Haitian Music: Rara Haiti has a very interesting history of culture and religion. Currently‚ while Roman Catholicism is the official religion‚ Voodoo can be considered the national religion; about half of all Haitians practice it. This culture and religious history – and current practice – is essential in understanding one of the most important genres of music in Haiti; Rara. One of the most important aspects of Voodoo is the summoning of the Lwa‚ or spirits. This is done in a service and drumming

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    THE VODOU PRIESTESS: MAMA LOLA I found Karen McCarthy Brown’s Mama Lola to be an innovative and intimate “ethnographic spiritual biography” exploring the lived realities‚ material and immaterial‚ of a Haitian Voudou priestess and her family in New York City from the late 1970’s through the 1980’s. (xiv)  Brown’s approach is innovative because she treats her subjects’ as multi­vocal and fluid.  Brown heeds her own advice and contrary to most ethnographic scholars before her‚ appropriately represents her own

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    PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 7 HAITIAN IMMIGRATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 7 1.1. Origin of Haitian immigration 7 1.2. Causes of Haitian Immigration 8 1.3. Estimation Population of Haitians in R.D. 10 CHAPTER 2 11 Consequences of Migration from Haiti to R.D. 11 2.1. Escaping poverty 11 2.2 As this migration is beneficial? 12 2.3 Provinces with the largest number of Haitian 13 2.4 Republic of Haiti vs. Dominican Republic. 13 CHAPTER 3 14 SUGAR INDUSTRY

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    1.) Introduction 4 2.) The social effects of the Haitian Revolution on Haiti and the wider Caribbean 6 3.) The political effects of the Haitian Revolution on Haiti and 7 the wider Caribbean 4.) The economical effects of the Haitian Revolution on Haiti and the wider Caribbean 8 5.) Conclusion 9 6.) Bibliography 10 7.) Appendix 11 . TITLE OF STUDY: THEME: The social‚ economical & political effects of the Haitian revolution on Haiti and the wider Caribbean. STATEMENT

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    applied for non-immigrant visa like tourist/visitor’s visa to travel to the United States of America‚ and you received the blue letter (Visa refusal) from your consular officer after your interview; this indicates your application was refused under Section 214(b) in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). You were unable to sufficiently prove to the consular officer that you’re eligible for the nonimmigrant visa category you applied for‚ or you didn’t overcome the presumption of immigrant intent by

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