Toward the end of his life, Frederick Douglass served briefly as U.S. ambassador to Haiti. The disastrous episode reveals much about the country’s long struggle for Black sovereignty while always under the threat of U.S. empire.
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The Biden administration’s violent deportations underline America’s racist treatment of Black migrants.
Kidnappings of 16 Americans and a Canadian in Port-au-Prince come as hundreds of local residents face similar targeting, with at least 628 abductions so far this year
“The Haitian movement, though the most pivotal to the abolition of slavery in the Americas, is the most neglected—we all owe a great debt to Haitians and must pay it.”
Long takes on Iran and Haiti, and the drive for popular democracy in Africa
As he extends Trump-era policies, President Biden discovers that many voters are no longer willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
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Americans’ debt to the Haitian people may never be repaid. But if we are supposed to be able to learn from history, we should be obliged, in true good faith, to try.
Cuba and Haiti: A Tale of Two Countries
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