FARRAKHAN: HAITI REVOLUTIONARIES FRIGHTEN WEST

Why is Haiti the continued focus of foreign interventions and disruptive US policy? Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the nation of Islam, summed it up in 30 seconds.

He said the West is scared by the Caribbean Island’s history of revolutionaries that defeated colonial powers. So, here’s a quick look at three of them: François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Henri Christophe.

Toussaint Louverture was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. Known as the ‘Father of Haiti’ he’s remembered as the man who turned a slave rebellion into a revolutionary movement fighting against Napoleon’s Empire. In 1802, Toussaint Louverture was betrayed, captured and sent to prison in France where he died.

Dessalines then became the main leader of the resistance, the first Haitian Emperor and the first ruler of an independent Haiti. He spearheaded Haiti’s defeat of French forces that were committing massacres and won independence from France in 1804. Under him, Haiti became the first country to abolish slavery in the Americas. Dessalines also freed Santo Domingo (Now the Dominican republic) from French colonial rule. He was assassinated in 1806.

After Dessaline’s death, Henri Christophe retreated to the Plaine-du-Nord and created a separate government. In 1807, he was elected president of the state of Haiti. Later, in 1811, he created a kingdom in the north and became Haiti’s only monarch.

Farrakhan argues these revolutionaries showed a strength that scared the colonialists. And that is why Western nations do not want to see a free Haiti.

What’s your view? And would you like to see more videos on these revolutionary leaders?