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Biographical info about the author

She was born in Jan.19 1969. In Port-an- Prince, Haiti. She was a writer and her genre was on novels and short stories.
She lived in her aunt and uncle because her parents moved to New York.
Her first short story was Breath, Eyes, Memory.
Her writing style was influenced buy racism, she wanted peace rather than conflict.

timeline for Haiti's history from Independence to present
1803.11.18 battle of Vetieres.
1803.12. 19 dessaline's army arrives in Cap France
1803.12.04 French forces surrender.
1804.01.01 Dessaline's decalres Haiti an independent nation.
1804.02 Haiti Massacre.
1805.05.20 Imperial Constitution of 1805
1805.12.27 Constituent Assembly.
1807.01.01 Battle of Sibert ends.
1802. The Henri Conde established.
1806.06.02 the republican constitution created.
1842.05.07 an earthquake strikes northern Haiti.
1843.12.31 the constitution of 1843 is released.
1860.03.28 Haiti and Vatican sign an agreement divides Haiti in 5.
1880. The Nation Bank of Haiti is founded.
1888. The constituent Assembly elects FDL to president.
1912.08.08 president and three hundred soldiers are killed in an explosion.
1950.1206 PM is sworn in as president.
1991.02.07 Aristide is sworn as president.
2004 HJ killed over 1900 people.
2010.01.12 earthquake kill 230000 people.

Haiti's fight for and gain of Independence
In 1971, Napoleon tried to use Haiti as place to collect Slaves but they began to rebel.

Toussaint L'Ouverture
He was a slave and got education before. 1971.08 when the Haiti fight began, he lead 1000 space to rebellion. Pushed the Spain out of Haiti, and banned slavery. The. British was also pushed out.
1801 United the Haiti.

Boukman
He was an African man, enslcaed I Haiti one of the most visible early leaders of Haitian Revolution.
Made the freedom covenant. Revolution.

1937, Dominican Massacre
Trujillo wanted to dominate the Haiti and made a massacre of 20000 Haitians on the massacre.

Rafael Trujillo
He was a politican and soldier, ruled the Dominican Republic during the chaos. Experienced the massacre of 1937.

Voodoo religion
 It is a syncretic religion practiced chiefly in Hairi and the Haitian diaspora. Practitioners are called vodouistis they believed in distant and unknowable supreme creator.

Duvalier (Papa Doc)
He is the president from 1907.04.14 to 1971.04.21 the president and dictator

Tonton Macoutes
It the secret police the Haitian president Duvalier created, very scary because use national terrorism.

Jean Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc)
He was the Haitian president, Haitian dictator longest time president in Haitian history, for 15 years and his father was president before.