How Did The American Greed After The Haitian Revolution
Liam Allen 10.26.24 History 9 Dr. Keith.
Greed of the West at Haiti’s Cost.
Both before and after the Haitian Revolution, the Haitian inhabitants were not valued by the foreign European nations, so they were harmed by the French and other Europeans for the Europeans’ economic gain. There was disgust or hatred from the Europeans for the Haitians. Many European countries hated the idea of slaves, the Haitians, revolting against the country, France. As a result, many of these countries tried to delegitimize Haiti as a government, stop the spread of revolutionary ideas in the colonies, and isolated Haiti politically. The Haitian revolution reveals how much Europeans viewed the colonies as a source of income, and not a place where people live …show more content…
Haiti was excluded and denounced by western countries just so these western countries could try to maintain their institutions of slavery for their economic gains. Even after these nations stopped trying to conquer Haiti, France still tried to profit off of Haiti after its freedom. France made Haiti pay 150 million francs for recognizing it as a country. They also made tariffs half the price when exporting to France in exchange for recognizing Haiti as a country.This money included money from property, the estimated “value of lost slaves” and plantations and money lost from labor. Even though Haiti fought for its freedom, because of France’s greed, they wanted money from Haiti. The French did not care about the Haitians, the fact that they fought for their own freedom, but France yet again wanted to make the most money from this colony without caring what happened to the people. The French didn’t respect the slaves in Saint Domingue, which led to many slaves being worked to death just so the masters could make more money. When Haiti gained its own independence, the European countries tried to exploit as much as they could from Haiti. They also excluded Haiti from diplomatic engagement, because they feared supporting a
Greed of the West at Haiti’s Cost.
Both before and after the Haitian Revolution, the Haitian inhabitants were not valued by the foreign European nations, so they were harmed by the French and other Europeans for the Europeans’ economic gain. There was disgust or hatred from the Europeans for the Haitians. Many European countries hated the idea of slaves, the Haitians, revolting against the country, France. As a result, many of these countries tried to delegitimize Haiti as a government, stop the spread of revolutionary ideas in the colonies, and isolated Haiti politically. The Haitian revolution reveals how much Europeans viewed the colonies as a source of income, and not a place where people live …show more content…
Haiti was excluded and denounced by western countries just so these western countries could try to maintain their institutions of slavery for their economic gains. Even after these nations stopped trying to conquer Haiti, France still tried to profit off of Haiti after its freedom. France made Haiti pay 150 million francs for recognizing it as a country. They also made tariffs half the price when exporting to France in exchange for recognizing Haiti as a country.This money included money from property, the estimated “value of lost slaves” and plantations and money lost from labor. Even though Haiti fought for its freedom, because of France’s greed, they wanted money from Haiti. The French did not care about the Haitians, the fact that they fought for their own freedom, but France yet again wanted to make the most money from this colony without caring what happened to the people. The French didn’t respect the slaves in Saint Domingue, which led to many slaves being worked to death just so the masters could make more money. When Haiti gained its own independence, the European countries tried to exploit as much as they could from Haiti. They also excluded Haiti from diplomatic engagement, because they feared supporting a