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Haiti

The Occupation

O U.S. occupation of Haiti began on July

28th, 1915 when over 300 U.S. Marines

invaded Port-au-Prince on the authority of

President Woodrow Wilson to protect the

interests of American corporations.

O Claimed as a mission to re-establish order

O Lead to multiple anti-American revolts that

resulted in the assassinations of various

political leaders

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Jean Vilbrun Guillaume Sam

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• Established a "dictatorship”

• Massacred 167 prisoners in

an anti-American revolt

• Lynched by assimilated mob

of German affiliates of

wealthy mulattos that were

executed

William Deville Bundy

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• American invasion

commander, who upon

the invasion of Port-au-

Prince, was ordered to

protect all “American and

foreign” interests

Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave

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• The first Haitian

president to take

command under the

new government set

up by the United

States.

• Succeeded Sam

after the uprising

that resulted in his

death.

Jean Price-Mars

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• Highly regarded Haitian

writer

• Attacked elites for

inefficiently promoting

the welfare of poorer

Haitian masses

• Focused on liberation

from French colonialism

Haiti

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Quotes

O “The two main criminals are France and the United

States. They owe Haiti enormous reparations because

of actions going back hundreds of years…”- Noam

Chomsky

O "U.S. imperialism has been the greatest force for good

in the world during the past century. It has defeated

communism and Nazism and has intervened against the

Taliban and Serbian ethnic cleansing.“ – Max Boot

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