Language : English

Michel Acacia reveals the strategies that the Haitian people had to resort to in order to safeguard national sovereignty in the face of repeated attacks by colonialist states. He explains how Haitians have experienced these strategies as the dominant existential factor in the political life of the period under study (1804-1934). Anyone interested in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution will be compelled by this book.

Mixing impactful historical narration with astute analysis, Michel Acacia brings to life the dramatic story of the Haitian quest to preserve sovereignty in a hostile Atlantic World. The result is a painstaking written book by one of Haiti’s most prolific historians, one which provides a remarkable account of the numerous stresses, both internal and external, that have diluted Haitian independence since 1804.

Michel Acacia succeeds in transporting the reader to a Haiti constantly maneuvering to preserve its sovereignty. He invites the reader to explore the formulas of accommodation and resistance that Haitians resorted to in a world and in a period (1804-1934) where raw force often prevailed over law. He lays out and analyzes the relevant data, and has the reader concerned and engaged in one way or another.

Michel Acacia is a sociologist by training, he has taught sociology and methodology at Caribbean University (Université Caraïbes) and at the State University of Haiti (Université d’État d’Haïti). He has collaborated with various newspapers and journals.

142 pp