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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Shot , and then tied to a door near the Cap - Haïtien barracks , nearly naked , with
a Haitian flag and crucifix propped up against his dead shoulder . Major J . J .
Meade , the American commander of the north , had a photograph taken of the ...
Shot , and then tied to a door near the Cap - Haïtien barracks , nearly naked , with
a Haitian flag and crucifix propped up against his dead shoulder . Major J . J .
Meade , the American commander of the north , had a photograph taken of the ...
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can and decrees were written by Port - au - Prince officials to show France and
other civilized nations how far Haiti had come from its African roots . As Madiou
wrote in 1848 , “ Haitians themselves would say that these pieces of paper [ the ...
can and decrees were written by Port - au - Prince officials to show France and
other civilized nations how far Haiti had come from its African roots . As Madiou
wrote in 1848 , “ Haitians themselves would say that these pieces of paper [ the ...
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You ' d see a white woman standing by as five Haitians fixed her flat tire , and the
conclusion was inescapable : the ... The first Haitian Constitution , written in 1805
under the auspices of Dessalines , forbade foreigners to purchase or own land ...
You ' d see a white woman standing by as five Haitians fixed her flat tire , and the
conclusion was inescapable : the ... The first Haitian Constitution , written in 1805
under the auspices of Dessalines , forbade foreigners to purchase or own land ...
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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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