Black Democracy - The Story of Haiti

Originally published in 1928. BLACK DEMOCRACY THE STORY of HAITI By H. P. DAVIS. CONTENTS: PART I PAGE INTRODUCTION ......... 3 CHAPTER 1 THE SPANIARDS ..... 8 Discovery of Hispaniola Second expedition of Columbus Ex termination of the aborigines Inauguration of the slave trade Progress and decline of the Spanish colony. CHAPTER II THE FRENCH COLONY OF ST.-DOMINGUE . . . . 16 The boucanifrs Origin of the French colony Rapid and pros perous development Inception of the mulatto caste Social and political conditions on the eve of the Revolution Political con ditions in France reflected in the colony Declaration of the Rights of Man Whites, mulattoes, and blacks. CHAPTER III THE REVOLUTION ... 36 Uprising of the Blacks Failure of the first French commission The second commission Emancipation of the slaves Desper ate condition of the colony The British expedition Toussaint rOuverture The third commission Strife between blacks and in supreme power. CHAPTER IV FI RST OF THE BLACKS . . 58 Napo