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| Haiti today is one of the poorest countries in the world.
At one time it was far richer than the United States. What caused the
slaves to revolt? How could a group of mainly uneducated, non-military
people have won against the power of Napoleon's Empire? |
Haiti's flag |
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This unit goes along with the Creation of Napoleon's Empire,
Chapter 15, of World History for Christian Schools, published by BJ
Press. It can be easily adapted to fit any world textbook that has
mention of Napoleon and his quest for power.
This map of Haiti is from the CIA Factbook website at
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ha.html
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For a tremendously interesting, brief summary of the reasons Haitians
were ready for revolution in the 1790's, please go to Bob Corbitt's history of
Haiti at
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/102.html
This website was constructed by Joan E. Holmes especially for Dr.
Lee A. Makela's World History class at
Cleveland State University in Cleveland,
Ohio, USA. It was built with the help of Microsoft's FrontPage in July of
2003, and was last updated on July 23, 2003.
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