ABSTRACT
In principle, Haiti is a Negro nation, French in language, Catholic in religion, democratic in government. Some of the first leaders of the Haitian slaves against their French masters fought earlier at Savannah in the American Revolution. The chief motive for rebellion in Haiti was the misery of the slaves. In 1915, the integration of Haiti into American hemispheric affairs began with the military occupation of Haiti by American Marines. An American has little chance against a Haitian in a court of law. The world-wide stereotype of the American as a crude but efficient engineer is echoed in Haiti, where an educator will say that Haiti must import its automobiles and tractors from the States but its textbooks and "culture" from France. Haitians who are being sent in increasing numbers to the States to study often find a wall of prejudice against them when they return.
