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In 1802, Napoleon dispatched a Polish legion of around 5,200 men to join the French forces in Saint-Domingue to suppress the Haitian slave rebellion.The Poles may have been hoping to receive French support in restoring Poland's independence from its occupiers—Prussia (later Germany), Russia, and Austria—which divided the country in the late 18th century. [4]
First head of state of Haiti Jean-Jacques Dessalines called the Poles the white Negroes of Europe, [1] [2] in an expression of respect and empathy for the situation of the Poles. The 1805 Haitian constitution granted the Poles Haitian citizenship. [3] A Polish community lives in Haiti to this day with their main center in Casale.
People born to foreigners on Haitian soil are not automatically Haitian citizens due to the jus sanguinis (from Latin 'right of blood') principle of nationality law. [26] In addition to those of French descent, other White Haitians are of German, Polish, Italian, Spanish, Lebanese, Syrian, English, Dutch, Irish and American descent.
Haiti's population is mostly of African descent (5% are of mixed African and other ancestry), [37] though people of many different ethnic and national backgrounds have settled and impacted the country, such as Poles [38] [39] (from Napoleon's Polish legions), Jews, [40] Arabs [41] (from the Arab diaspora), Chinese, [42] Indians, [43] [44 ...
This is a list of foreign players in Major League Soccer.The following players: Have played at least one MLS regular season game. Players who were signed by MLS clubs, but only played in playoff games, U.S. Open Cup games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
A contingent of Polish defectors were given amnesty and granted Haitian citizenship for their renouncement of French allegiance and support of Haitian independence. Dessalines referred to the Poles as "the White Negroes of Europe" , as an expression of his solidarity and gratitude.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services released details on Friday about the new parole program for Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans that was announced Thursday by President Joe Biden.
Fond-des-Blancs is a communal section located in the Sud department of Haiti in the Aquin Arrondissement.It is one of several communities of Polish Haitians, mixed-race descendants of Polish Legionnaires who originally fought with the French against the Haitian Revolution.