THE HIDDEN JEWEL HISTORY

In May of 1803, with almost the whole country under the control of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Henri Christophe, and Alexandre Petion,  the Haitians carried more ferocious attacks than ever before.  By August 1803, the French Army, after losing most of its soldiers, had become very weak. As of October 11, 1803, they had control over two cities only: Cap-Haitian and Mole St Nicolas.  At that point, Dessalines immediately established his headquarter in Gonaives in the Central Part of Haiti to plan their last attack towards freedom. On 13, October 1802,  Alexandre Petion, and Jean-Jacques Dessalines, united to ensure that freedom reigned on Haiti's soil.  In the meantime, the officers who were stationed at Archaie, a city located 20 miles from Port-Au-Prince,  had decided to create the first Haitian Flag, which was: Blue, Red, and White.  However, Dessalines had removed the White Color.  He had decided to use a flag with two colors: Blue and Red placed ...

In a war, regardless how honest or modest one may seem to be;  the other opponent must be very careful.  As we are about to learn what had happened to Toussaiant Louverture  for deciding to agree with the French Governor's ceasefire and meeting.   In May of 1802, The French Governor after receiving the news from the North unit of General Leclerc, that 750 men were killed and 300 wounded; he decided to request a ceasefire from Henri Christophe one of Toussaint's Generals for the North Unit, while Toussaint's Unit in the Central part just lost a battle.  As a man of honor and integrity, Toussaint had decided to agree to the ceasefire and also accepted to meet with General Brunet, the French Governor's  envoy, to meet with  him at  "HABITATION GEORGE" near " Les Gonaives" "The City Of Independence."  However, it was a trick to capture Toussaint Louverture.  Although his generals had told him not to go; he had decided to honor his wor...

 The 1800 opened a new chapter for the Haitians.  Toussaint Louverture as the Governor General of Haiti or Ayati, with one goal in mind, to conquer the whole land and declare total victory.  After capturing the North, part of Central,  and the West,  the battle was raging in the Grand South and East, where victory after victory was the driving force that captivated their spirit to continue the war.  For the Haitians, it was eminent to fight to their last breath because going back to slavery was not an option.      To completely capture the East, Toussaint Louverture had divided a regiment of 25,000 men in two units.  within less than a month, on January 28, 1801, the troops captured the East.   As the French continued to loose men and territories, throughout 1801, Napoleon Bonapart had decided to bring more men from Europe; except this time it would backfire.   As of January 1802,  about 6,000 Polish men were bro...

I promised to expose Haiti's hidden jewel history not to recite it but, to make us aware of many exceptional events during the revolt.  As we look at  the depth and lenght of that revolution, we noticed the energy and persistence used by these warriors to reach their goal which was "Freedom"  One of the most intriguing acts was the extraordinary event between Major Maitland and Toussaint Louverture.  Imagine to militarily honor an opponent who killed your soldiers; on the other hand, Toussaint Louverture to voluntarly pardon all captured war prisoners and return them to their superior. These two gentlemen, although they were at war; they did not hate each other.  Instead, they respected and  acknowledged each other as human beings.   Although we call ourselves modern societies, we mercilessly murder our war prisoners; we curse those who have the courage to stand and fight against us.  The question is, are we civilized societies as we claim to...

In my previous blog, I promised to expose the hidden gems to you. Today, I have a great pleasure to talk about, "Haiti's Revolution." We all know that Haitian Slaves revolted against the French; that is partially truth. For those who do not know; Haiti was occupied by three different nations at the same time, (British, French, and Spanish). In 1789, the slave population was close to about 500,000.  They were 30,000 free Black people.  I should not forget to mention that they were three groups of African descent: Those who were free, those who were enslaved, and those who run away to hide far in the mountains and later called the Maroons.  Half the 30,000 free African descent were Mulatto, (mixed race) and many were wealthy.    On August 21, 1791, the enslaved rebellion started in the plantations where the slaves were being tortured, mutilated, buried vertically up to their neck and honey was poured on their heads, so and so forth.  Imagine being bit b...

                                   THE HIDDEN JEWEL HISTORY     As Citizens of the world, many great histories should not be hidden from us.  Today, i want to introduce to you a country with a glorious and honorable past history. Such country invented the word, "FREEDOM," through its actions.  Yes, the country is Haiti.   BUCKLE YOUR SEAT BELTS, YOU ARE ABOUT TO LEARN HOW MANY COUNTRIES HAITI HAD EITHER HELPED OR LIBERATED FROM SLAVERY AND OCCUPATIONS.    HAITI HAD ALSO DONE SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER COUNTRY HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO.   THE HAITIAN SLAVES HAD FOUGHT THREE DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS AT THE SAME TIME DURING A PERIOD OF 13 YEARS, (FROM 1791 THROUGH 1803).   DID YOU KNOW THAT THE HAITIANS FOUGHT TOGETHER WITH THE UNITED STATES AGAINST THE BRITISH IN 1779? Congressional House Record Volume 154, Number 23, [Pages H834-H837] Yes, in the Great...