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Haiti was colonized by Spain in the 1490's when Christopher Columbus was "discovering" new lands, they referred to it as La Española.
France took control of the island around the 1650's, known as the French colony Saint-Domingue.
Under French rule, Saint-Domingue grew to be the wealthiest colony in the French empire, primarily due to their plantation crops.
The French relied on enslaved people to keep their economy going, they imported 800, 000 enslaved people (almost double the number of those in North America).
From 1791 through 1804, enslaved people and their allies in Saint-Domingue fought for their freedom.
The Haitian people gained independence from France and became the first country to be founded by former slaves.

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How did the Haitian Revolution change the world?

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How did the Haitian Revolution change the world?

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American leaders were against the revolution, they provided support for the French. The United States did not officially recognize Haiti's independence until 1862.

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Between 1911 and 1915, seven presidents were assassinated or overthrown in Haiti, increasing U.S. policymakers' fear of foreign intervention.
In 1914, the Wilson Administration sent marines into Haiti who removed $500,000 from the Haitian National Bank for safe-keeping in New York, giving the U.S. control of the bank.
The U.S. invaded Haiti to prevent anarchy.
In reality the Wilson administration was protecting U.S. assets in the area and preventing a possible German invasion.
They also gained complete control over Haitian finances, and the right to intervene in Haiti whenever the U.S. Government deemed necessary.
They intervened in Haiti's politics, forced the election of a pro-American president even though it went against what the Haitians wanted.
It also led to the creation of a military force made up of U.S. citizens and Haitians, but controlled by the U.S. This military force tried enforcing policies such as racial segregation, press censorship, and forced labor. Eventually the people revolted, forcing the U.S. to withdrawal.

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Haiti's economy declined after U.S. occupation.
Haiti was in debt to the U.S., they owed 20% of the nation’s annual revenue.
The debt made it extremely difficult for Haiti to develop its country.
Not only that but over 15,000 Haitians were killed.
The public education system was also affected, the U.S. forced vocational training instead of liberal arts education.

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Jovenel Moïse, Haiti's president was assassinated on July 7th, 2021. Haiti, the world’s first independent Black republic, already faced acute problems before Moïse’s murder: political protests, gang violence, crushing poverty, rising COVID-19 cases and no vaccine doses.

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A 7.2 earthquake hit Haiti on August 14th, killing 2,100 people and injuring thousands. Haiti relies heavily on donor countries and organizations for relief. Haiti still hasn't recovered from the previous earthquake in 2010.

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March 20, 2020 under Trump Administration.
Title 42 gives federal health officials powers during a pandemic to take extraordinary measures to limit transmission of an infectious disease.
Suspended the right for people to seek asylum in the US. Those seeking to apply for asylum have been turned away and “expelled” back to their home countries.
The Biden Administration has continued using Title 42, even though he had mentioned he wouldn't in his campaign.
Over 1.2 million expulsions have been carried out since the pandemic began, even though ports of entry remain open with nearly 11 million people crossing the southern border every month and thousands flying into the United States every day.

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Haitians at the border seeking asylum.
According to data from the Justice Department, Haiti is the country with the highest rate of asylum denial in the United States.
Border Patrol officers detained families in Del Río on Sept. 24, 2021 when the makeshift camp was cleared by authorities. They were taken to a detention center in Texas. They were denied asylum and deported back to Haiti.
In May 2021, the Biden administration granted temporary protected status for Haitians who were already in the United States, but that doesn't apply to the people massing near Del Rio.

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United States Border Patrol agents on horseback try to stop Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the Río Grande near the Acuña Del Río I