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History: Haiti
History: Haiti
A listing of sites that provide resources pertaining to the history of Haiti.

The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Haiti is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).   Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.  

One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to Haiti is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/haiti/). Another site one should especially note is the site prepared by the Law Library of the Library of Congress for legal, political, and general information on their Guide to Law Online (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/haiti.html).

Embassy of Haiti - Key Dates in Haitian History  (http://www.haiti.org/keydate.htm)
Embassy of Haiti - Key Dates in Haitian History. 1492 Christopher Columbus lands and claims the island of Hispaniola for Spain. The Spanish build the New World's first settlement at La Navidad on Haiti's north coast. 1697 Spanish control over the colony ends with the Treaty of Ryswick, which divided the island into French-controlled St. Domingue and Spanish Santo Domingo.
 
Haiti - History  (http://www.kreyol.com/history.html)
Covers both the history of Haiti and important current events within that country.
 
LES ABOLITIONS FRANCAISES DE L'ESCLAVAGE (1789-1848)  (http://www.ac-reims.fr/datice/bul%5Facad/Hist-Geo/bul14/abolitio.htm)
An overview of the abolition of slavery in the French Caribbean. In French.
 
LES ABOLITIONS FRANCAISES DE L'ESCLAVAGE (1789-1848). 2EME PARTIE  (http://www.ac-reims.fr/datice/bul%5Facad/Hist-Geo/bul15/Chathua.htm)
From Bonaparte to Schoelcher (1802-1848). From the reintroduction of slavery in the French Caribbean to its final abolition. In French.
 
REVIEW OF ANNA COOPER, SLAVERY AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONISTS  (http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/082.html)
Review of Anna Cooper, Slavery and the French Revolutionists.
 
The history of the Republic of Haiti  (http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/)
Includes a political, economic, social and cultural history of the Republic of Haiti.
 
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