Posted on 01/16/2010 3:27:48 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Prior to this slave revolt, under French colonial rule, Haiti was known as the “Pearl of the Antilles” for its singular beauty and the richness of its resources. It engaged in robust trade in cocoa, cotton, sugar cane and coffee and by 1780 was one of the richest regions in the world.
Tragically, however, the plantation system that made this wealth possible was built on the backs of slaves imported from West Africa who brought with them their occult practices of spirituality.
The 200 years, of course, expired on January 1, 2004, but on April 8, 2003 dictator and president Jean-Bertrand Aristide extended the pact by declaring voodoo to be an officially recognized religion in Haiti. Haiti is officially Roman Catholic, but as the BBC says, it is a common saying among Haitians that Haiti is 70% Catholic, 30% Protestant, and 100% VOODOO !!
Utter un-supported by the facts bullcrap. Your entire post.
OK, give us YOUR facts then to educate us. I’m waiting...
Thanks for that information. Now it makes perfect sense!
“My hut be gotten knock down, mon!
You needin’ to build me a house, mon!
My hut was generations old an’ part of da history mon.”
I agree with you if are excluding Great Britain from Europe. Hong Kong has turned out pretty good (China is on it's way to screwing it up though). And, if we should consider Australia as an island as well as a continent then it's turned out pretty good too.
The statement is false. St. Lucia is a wonderful island. Barbados is wonderful. I have never been to Turks but I hear they are lovely. So many of them did turn out just fine. Those which did not were the ones which gained independence early on and killed off all the whites, leaving uneducated slaves to try to build a nation.
Corrupt black leaders fleecing the country.
You have to know nobama’s boat load of “czars” and colored buddies have lined up along with klintoon to get “their share” off the top.
Just wondering if there is any country on earth run by blacks that is not a 3rd world cesspool?
Anyone?
Will the recovery take the trouble to eliminate child slavery in Haiti?
He or she appears to be a Huff Po or DU troll here. Ignore them. I love these people who have no clue about anything who chime in with nothing to add and then insult.
We should move all Haitians to Saudi Arabia. :-)
I believe all whites in the country were killed
Countries should not be run by “blacks”, or “whites”, or “asians” or any other “group”. They should be run by people who don’t judge everything on skin color.
The horror of it all!
I' m pretty sure they wouldn't be allowed to hold a funeral in my Baptist Church either.
*crickets* ;-)
I don't wish to put down immigrants from Africa, My hope is that all nations live in the relative peace of other countries, such as St. Lucia. Good luck to you.
I once had some hope for Ghana. I had a friend whose Father was a ranking official in that country. He was a fine person and loved America and the free enterprise system. Also a good Christian.
Unfortunately it has become clear that he was not the typical citizen of that country. Still it helped to know that his kind existed there.
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