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Haiti was a French colony, and the final years of the 1791-1804 Haitian Revolution brought a wave of French settlers fleeing with their Haitian slaves to Cuba. They came mainly to the east, and especially Guantanamo , where the French later introduced sugar cultivation, constructed sugar refineries and developed coffee plantations.
The Haitian diaspora consists of Haitian people and their descendants living outside of Haiti. Countries with significant numbers of Haitians include the Dominican Republic , the United States , Cuba , Chile , Canada , Brazil , the Bahamas , and France (including French Caribbean territories and French Guiana ).
The Haitian population of eastern Cuba would be continually replenished over the course of the 19th century and beyond, as Haitian migrants seeking better economic opportunities migrated there. [17] This grew dramatically in the early 20th century; between 1912 and 1916, annual migration of Haitians to Cuba rose from 8,784 to 79,274. [ 17 ]
The estimated 14,000 mainly Haitian migrants that ended up in Del Rio, Texas, are now heading back to Mexico to avoid being deported by the US.
With gang violence wracking Haiti, many of the more than 1 million who have left the Caribbean nation feel helpless when they call terrified family members who can’t leave because airports are ...
The Haitian diaspora in the U.S. is the legacy of a people who established the first Black republic in the world The Haitian-American diaspora: A legacy of resilience, innovation and contribution ...
The Haitian people have their origins in Central and West Africa with the most spoken language being the French based Haitian Creole. The larger Haitian diaspora includes individuals that trace ancestry to Haiti and self-identify as Haitian but are not necessarily Haitian by citizenship.
Miami Democratic U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, who met with Haiti’s new prime minister in Washington D.C. on Friday, suggested that the Haitian diaspora in South Florida should play a bigger role ...