Sunday History Lessons

"In 1804, when the Haitian Revolution ended... the second independent republic of the New World had been born, and it was a black republic. What is little remembered by outsiders today is the hostile world within which the republic had to survive."

"While outsiders may say that the trouble with Haiti is that its people are so superstitious, the man who recognizes that one man's religions is another man's superstition might be more inclined to say that the trouble with Haiti is that its people are so religious."

"Voodoo in Haiti" by Alfred Metraux