FratFiles

• Save Paper

The Haitian Revolution is important to the situation in which blacks at that time found themselves. It is appropriate that we recognize and celebrate such a significant achievement of an African people. The Haitian Revolution is the war to liberate our historical and cultural memory from the most vicious intellectual assault ever perpetrated on humankind. It is a war to free the African mind. It was also a struggle for self-determination against colonialism and imperialism. You would think that with the success in the Haitian Revolution that the defenders of Western civilization would acknowledge and recognized the effectiveness of the African centered campaign, but to begin with, they want the Africans to accept their definition of the African movement.
Did they forget that the Africans won in the Haitian Revolution? The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) was the most successful of the many African slave rebellions in the Western Hemisphere. It established Haiti as a free, black......

View the rest of this paper...

Approximate Word Count: 623
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

Similar Essays

1. Haitian Revolution, Validity Of Hostorical Archives.
   

   Haitian Revolution, validity of hostorical archives. During times of war or revolution, many pretend the events of the outside world aren't happening, especially when they don't

2. Haitian Revolution
   

   Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution is important to the situation in which blacks at that time found themselves. It is appropriate that we recognize and celebrate such a

3. Haitian Revolution
   

   Haitian Revolution In the late 1700s, Revolutionary movements in the Caribbean lead to the only successful slave revolt in history. Slaves overtook the settlers and established

4. Salvery And The Haitian Revolution
   

   Salvery and the haitian revolution Since the revolutionaries explicitly proclaimed liberty as their highest ideal, slavery was bound to come into question during the French

5. Decolonization
   

   same time in Haiti, starting a new example and movement. Through this controversy, The Haitian Revolution impacted the rest of the world, primarily the United States of America