The Rainy Season: Haiti Since DuvalierRecounting a series of personal journeys, each interwoven with scenes from Haiti's extraordinary past, the author brings to life the day-to-day realities of the politically turbulent country |
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Page 76
Each time the French shot down an approaching battalion of slaves , a new one
seemed to rise up behind it , and kept coming . Among the black troops were
marrons , or Maroons , slaves who had fled the hardships of the plantations many
...
Each time the French shot down an approaching battalion of slaves , a new one
seemed to rise up behind it , and kept coming . Among the black troops were
marrons , or Maroons , slaves who had fled the hardships of the plantations many
...
Page 77
When white men did come , they were not the French whom the Emperor Henry
had feared , nor did they drop anchor at Cap - Häitien . They were American
Marines , and they landed near Port - au - Prince in 1915 . By then , Haiti had
become ...
When white men did come , they were not the French whom the Emperor Henry
had feared , nor did they drop anchor at Cap - Häitien . They were American
Marines , and they landed near Port - au - Prince in 1915 . By then , Haiti had
become ...
Page 161
He was slowly ridding himself of the foreign clergy , the French , the Belgians ,
the Jesuits . In the Church as in every other institution , Dr . Duvalier wanted
control . He wanted a clergy that would do his bidding . Publicly he said that he
was ...
He was slowly ridding himself of the foreign clergy , the French , the Belgians ,
the Jesuits . In the Church as in every other institution , Dr . Duvalier wanted
control . He wanted a clergy that would do his bidding . Publicly he said that he
was ...
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| Title | The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier A Touchstone Book |
| Author | Amy Wilentz |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671641867, 9780671641863 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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