Toward the End of the Republic of Haiti as It Has Been Known Since 1804

The last time the island known as Haiti, Quisqueya, or Boyo was governed by five caciques, Christopher Columbus had just landed on its shores in December 1492.

The last time the island known as Haiti, Quisqueya, or Boyo was governed by five caciques, Christopher Columbus had just landed on its shores in December 1492. The indigenous Taínos, Caribs, Arawaks, and others were the masters of the land.

The last time the French part of the island that would become Haiti had a governor, his name was Toussaint Louverture, and independence was not even a dream yet.

And now, some would-be sorcerers are proposing to split the country — which has been a unitary state since 1804

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