Haitians
History: multiple tribes existed on the island
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==History== |
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Upon [[Christopher Columbus]]'s arrival on the island, he encountered a kingdom governed by a cacique, or [[Taíno]] chief. Spaniards killed, tortured, mutilated and enslaved the |
The island of Hispaniola was inhabited by multiple Indigenous peoples. Upon [[Christopher Columbus]]'s arrival on the island, he encountered a kingdom governed by a cacique, or [[Taíno]] chief. Spaniards killed, tortured, mutilated and enslaved the Indigenous peoples of the island. Following the arrival of the French people in the seventeenth century, the Indigenous population was exterminated. West Africans were brought by white slave traders for slave labor to cultivate raw materials for global trade.{{cite web|url=https://haitianstudies.ku.edu/haiti-brief-history-complex-nation|title=HAITI: A Brief History of a Complex Nation}} |
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==Definitions== |
==Definitions== |
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