The Haitians. Their History and Culture (1994)
This booklet is a basic introduction to the people, history, and culture of Haiti. It is designed primarily for service providers and others assisting refugees in their new communities in…
This booklet is a basic introduction to the people, history, and culture of Haiti. It is designed primarily for service providers and others assisting refugees in their new communities in…
IntroductionHaitians began arriving on U.S. shores long before the widely publicized boat people crisis of the early 1980s. In fact, historians have documented a Haitian presence as early as the…
Haiti was the first French-speaking country outside Europe, and the first non-British colony, where Methodist missionary work was established by John Brown and James Catts in 1817. Their short stay…
In 1915, United States marines landed in Haiti ostensibly to bring peace to one of the world's oldest republics. Occupation authoritiesstayed for twenty years, controlling not only the political and…
The history of education in Haiti from 1804 to 1915 is an important part of Haitian life. This history is an account of what a generation of former slaves and…
THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDCATION has undertook the preparation of a series of basic studies on education in a number of Central and South American countries under the sponsorship of…
One is likely when recalling the countless obstacles overcome by the pioneers of Haitian Methodism to think of Toussaint L'Ouverture’s iconic proverb, "To make an omelet one must first break…
Few Latin-American countries have been more cursed with "chronic wrongdoing and impotence" than the Republicof Haiti prior to 1915. Heredity-mongers interested in proving the Negro's inherent incapacity for self-government,historians desirous…