Talk:Haitian Revolution/Archive 2

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1) Under the heading "Spanish depart Saint Domingue" it says "Toussaint, for reasons that remain obscure, suddenly joined the French..." But under the heading "Toussaint Louverture" it says "...Louverture decided to fight for the French if they would agree to free all the slaves" and "...after the Spanish refused to take steps to end slavery".

2) "He began to rule the country as an effectively autonomous entity" would be better expressed as "effectively as an autonomous entity".

3) Under the heading "Haitian resistance and scorched-earth tactics", "while waiting for the rainy reason" should be "season".

4) Under "Crête-à-Pierrot fortress" in the fragment "believing all blacks to be stupid and cowardly, and furthermore, that it was shortages...", the word "that" should be removed as it implies "believing that", which is not the point.

5) Under "Capture of Toussaint" it should read "with the most probable explanation being..."

6) Under "War between France and Britain", in "On 28 June, the squadron encountered", "squadron" needs qualification. "a French naval force" and before that "Royal Navy squadrons" have been mentioned. Would it be "Duckworth's squadron"?

7) Under "Post Revolution Era": Suggestion: "...created a different kind of two-caste society. Most Haitians were rural subsistence farmers, but the affranchi élite continued to rule Haiti with the protection of the formidable Haitian army."  203.63.100.119 (talk) 13:14, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Translation in Haitian Kreole and French
To those able to edit this page, please, put the translation of “Haitian Revolution” first in Haitian Kreole, and then in French, for Toussaint’s sake… Thank you very much. 2804:14D:5CD0:BC2F:ED56:ABEB:9EF2:7FA4 (talk) 17:22, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Polish Legions
The current article seems to take a very "generous" interpretation of the sympathy of the Polish Legions and the scope of their contributions towards the Haitian cause. While it is true that some small fraction did switch sides, largely towards the very end of the conflict, suggesting as the article does that "many Polish soldiers admired their opponents, to eventually turn on the French army and join the Haitian slaves. Polish soldiers participated in the Haitian revolution of 1804..." seems to be overstating the issue and feeding the myth. By and large the Legion remained loyal to the French command, even if many may have privately strongly questioned the cause of the expedition.

For a counterpoint, see the review of "Jan Pachonski and Reuel K. Wilson, Poland's Caribbean Tragedy: A Study of Polish Legions in the Haitian War of Independence 1802-1803" which speaks to this point, noting that only about 150 of the 5200 ever switched sides, and some likely as a way to avoid imprisonment or death rather than for ideological reasons.

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/038.html

Suggest revising accordingly. 159.18.26.96 (talk) 17:35, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 June 2023
Request for a book to be added to the further reading paragraph. Book in question: Popkin, Jeremy D.. A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution. Newark: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2011. Gijs Bodbijl (talk) 12:41, 16 June 2023 (UTC)


 * . Unless I am very much mistaken, this would go under Further Reading, right? See Also normally links to other articles. Is that okay with you?  Coco bb8  (💬 talk to me! • ✏️ my contributions) 15:33, 16 June 2023 (UTC)