ANT204H1 Lecture : Lecture - Aids and Haiti (I+II)
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Lecture 3 & 4 aids and haiti: haitian h istory in brief. spain was the first settlers and found people called taino. spain gave haiti to france as a resolve of war where france converted the island to a sugar and coffee plantation economy and became very wealthy. Account for 40% of all french trade and about 60% of all of. affranchis class established it as a merchant class, but majority of people were slaves. slaves then decided to get rid of the french. the affranchis have now become the new elite, instead of the europeans which have been kicked out. b/c the us would back up the french, since they don"t like the idea of slaves ruling a country/blacks ruling a country. 1803, haiti sold louisiana to u. s for 60 million, therefore debt was reduced to 90 million. these reparations really structured how the government would run things.
