Did You Know?: Over One Hundred Facts about Haiti and Her Children by Marjorie C

Description: Did You Know? by Marjorie Charlot Did You Know?-Over One Hundred Facts about Haiti and Her Children looks in detail at a land and its people, uncovering the history, culture, challenges, and achievements of a country often stereotyped as deeply impoverished and bereft of any nobility of purpose. Tapping into her expertise in research and her familiarity with the wealth of resources residing in libraries, Marjorie Charlot, a supervisor and instructor at academic libraries, has gathered, curated, and prepared a topically organized collection of vignettes depicting Haiti and her children. Did You Know? presents these vignettes in chapters organized according to themes, including such topics as the Africans, art and culture, civil rights, great families, inventors, the military, pilots, religion, and science. Did You Know?-Over One Hundred Facts about Haiti and Her Children offers its guidance to an abundance of information about the Haitian people and their homeland. If you claim a place for Haiti in your own history, if you find yourself intrigued by the history of Haiti, or if you simply are one of those people with a deep hunger to learn more about the world, then Did You Know? will provide you with an approachable and informative introduction to Haiti and her children. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Did You Know?-Over One Hundred Facts about Haiti and Her Children looks in detail at a land and its people, uncovering the history, culture, challenges, and achievements of a country often stereotyped as deeply impoverished and bereft of any nobility of purpose. Tapping into her expertise in research and her familiarity with the wealth of resources residing in libraries, Marjorie Charlot, a supervisor and instructor at academic libraries, has gathered, curated, and prepared a topically organized collection of vignettes depicting Haiti and her children. Did You Know? presents these vignettes in chapters organized according to themes, including such topics as the Africans, art and culture, civil rights, great families, inventors, the military, pilots, religion, and science. Did You Know?-Over One Hundred Facts about Haiti and Her Children offers its guidance to an abundance of information about the Haitian people and their homeland. If you claim a place for Haiti in your own history, if you find yourself intrigued by the history of Haiti, or if you simply are one of those people with a deep hunger to learn more about the world, then Did You Know? will provide you with an approachable and informative introduction to Haiti and her children. Excerpt from Book North Americas First Slave Revolt: According to several authors, the first successful slave revolt to occur in North America was in 1526 on the San Miguel settlement near Pee Dee River (or Pedee River), in South Carolina. This colony was started by the Spaniard Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon, who was among the first to bring Negroes to the present confines of the United States. He was accompanied by 500 Spaniards and 100 African slaves from Haiti. This doomed colony was named San Miguel de Gualdape and was founded in the summer of 1526. Within a few months, half of the members of the Spanish population died from malaria. Included in this death total was Ayllon himself, who died on St. Lukes day, October 18 of that year. Historian and political activist Herbert Aptheker states, ?Internal dissension arose, and the Indians grew increasingly suspicious and hostile. The black population also revolted, setting fires to buildings before fleeing; on November 1526 they went to live with the native Indian population. African American professor and civil rights supporter R. R. Wright wrote, ?Thus Hayti, the place where Negro slaves were first introduced into the New World, was strangely enough the first to manifest an awful retribution against human slavery. The 150 remaining Spaniards fled back to Haiti, leaving the blacks, after the Indians, as the first permanent inhabitants of what was to be the United States. Blacks found their own settlement in present day Eastern United States. Details ISBN1491776927 Author Marjorie Charlot Pages 220 Publisher iUniverse Language English ISBN-10 1491776927 ISBN-13 9781491776926 Media Book Format Hardcover Short Title DID YOU KNOW Year 2015 Imprint iUniverse Subtitle Over One Hundred Facts about Haiti and Her Children Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2015-11-19 Illustrations Illustrations, black and white UK Release Date 2015-11-19 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96172055;

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