Economic Dependence and Political Autonomy, 1804–1915

By the solemn declaration of independence on January 1 1804, Haiti became the first post-colonial state of Latin America. The black and coloured generals assembled in Gonaïves declared their determination to 'renounce France for ever and to die rather than to live under her domination'. One of the problems facing the new government was how to secure and maintain an effective independence. There are certain social factors which might be said to be necessary conditions of such a real political independence or at least conditions, the absence of which will seriously frustrate this objective. Among the most obvious are the development of an indigenous culture and the formation of a national economy. In this chapter I shall consider the concern of Haitian politicians and publicists with the economic conditions necessary for political autonomy.KeywordsForeign CapitalForeign OwnershipEconomic DependenceNational PartyLarge EstateThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Autonomy · Colonialism · Declaration of independence · Development economics · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Independence (probability theory) · Indigenous · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Law · Philosophy

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