Haiti: The History Of Haiti
The history of Haiti... Haiti is the second largest island in the Greater Antilles. Haiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean behind Cuba. The history of Haiti began on December 5 1492 when the European navigator Christopher Columbus who had found the island called Haiti. But he was on the western Atlantic ocean. But now to tell you the history of Haiti. Haiti had a uniquely tragic history before the arrival of Europeans, Arawak (also known as Taino) and Carib Indians inhabited the island of Hispaniola.By the mid-eighteenth century, Saint Domingue’s society had settled into a rigid hierarchical structure based on skin color, class, and wealth. At the bottom of the social ladder were the African-born plantation slaves; slightly above
them were the Creole slaves, who were born in the New World and spoke the French Creole dialect; the two next highest rungs were made up of the mixed-race mulatto slaves and the affranchis, or mulatto freedmen, respectively. Whites constituted the top of the social structure but were broadly divided between the lower-ranking shopkeeper and smallholder class (petits blancs) and the high-ranking plantation owners, wealthy merchants, and high officials (grands blancs).
them were the Creole slaves, who were born in the New World and spoke the French Creole dialect; the two next highest rungs were made up of the mixed-race mulatto slaves and the affranchis, or mulatto freedmen, respectively. Whites constituted the top of the social structure but were broadly divided between the lower-ranking shopkeeper and smallholder class (petits blancs) and the high-ranking plantation owners, wealthy merchants, and high officials (grands blancs).