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  • Haiti's 1820 Treaty with the UK: The Freedom Clause That Changed Trade

    Haiti's 1820 Treaty with the UK: The Freedom Clause That Changed Trade
    2026/06/06
    In 1820, Haitian President Jean-Pierre Boyer negotiated a treaty with the United Kingdom that included a clause banning the slave trade and granting British warships the right to search Haitian vessels. This episode explores how Haiti leveraged its anti-slavery stance to secure diplomatic recognition and trade advantages from the world's dominant naval power, while navigating the threat of French reconquest. We examine the negotiations led by British envoy Robert Sutherland, the role of the Royal Navy in suppressing the slave trade, and how Haiti's early commitment to abolition shaped its foreign policy. The treaty marked a pragmatic alliance between the first black republic and the British Empire, balancing idealism with economic survival. #Haiti #JeanPierreBoyer #RobertSutherland #RoyalNavy #SlaveTrade #1820Treaty #BritishEmpire #PortAuPrince #Abolition #SaintDomingue #Hispaniola #CaribbeanHistory #HaitianRevolution #19thCentury #Diplomacy #History #FexingoHistory #Fexingo Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    7 分
  • The 1804 Massacre: Haiti's Dark Founding Wound

    The 1804 Massacre: Haiti's Dark Founding Wound
    2026/06/05
    In January 1804, newly declared Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the systematic killing of nearly all remaining French colonists on the island of Saint-Domingue. Over the course of weeks, an estimated three to five thousand white men, women, and children were executed in cities across the country—Gonaïves, Cap-Haïtien, Port-au-Prince, Jérémie. This episode explores the context of the massacre: the brutal legacy of slavery, the wars of independence that preceded it, and the desperate, vengeful logic of Dessalines's order. We examine the targets, the methods, and the exceptions—including the Polish Legionnaires and German planters who were spared. Drawing on survivor accounts and Haitian historiography, we consider the massacre's role as both a foundational trauma and a strategic act of revolutionary violence. What did Dessalines and his generals hope to achieve? And how does this event shape Haiti's relationship with the outside world to this day? This is a difficult but essential chapter in the story of the first Black republic. #Haiti #HaitianRevolution #1804Massacre #JeanJacquesDessalines #SaintDomingue #CapHaitien #PortauPrince #Gonaives #Jeremie #PolishLegion #Rochambeau #Leclerc #ColonialViolence #RevolutionaryViolence #Ayiti #OgouFeray #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 分
  • Haiti's 1860 Concordat with the Vatican: A Church-State Bargain

    Haiti's 1860 Concordat with the Vatican: A Church-State Bargain
    2026/06/05
    In 1860, Haiti's President Fabre Geffrard signed a concordat with the Vatican, formally ending decades of schism between the Haitian state and the Catholic Church. This episode explores how the arrangement gave Rome control over clerical appointments in exchange for official recognition of Haiti's independence, reshaping religious life on the island. Lucas and Luna discuss the role of the church in education, the lingering tensions with Vodou, and how the concordat sidelined the popular clergy who had supported the revolution. A story of diplomacy, faith, and the long shadow of the 1804 constitution. #Haiti #Concordat1860 #FabreGeffrard #Vatican #CatholicChurch #Vodou #HaitianHistory #CaribbeanHistory #PopePiusIX #PortauPrince #History #FexingoHistory #Revolution #Diplomacy #ChurchState #19thCentury #AntoineSimon #MounAndeyo Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 分
  • Haiti's 1822 Reunification of the Island

    Haiti's 1822 Reunification of the Island
    2026/06/04
    Long before the 1825 indemnity, Haiti under President Jean-Pierre Boyer achieved something unprecedented: the peaceful unification of the entire island of Hispaniola in 1822. This episode explores how Boyer, a former revolutionary general, annexed Spanish Santo Domingo without firing a shot. We trace the roots of division between the French-speaking west and Spanish-speaking east, from the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick to Toussaint's 1801 occupation. We examine Boyer's motivations, which included securing the eastern frontier, abolishing slavery there, and bolstering Haiti's sovereignty. The 22-year union, enforced by Boyer's rural code, was a double-edged sword: it extended Haiti's revolution but also imposed authoritarian rule. We look at the grievances that led to the Dominican independence movement in 1844. Along the way, we meet figures like José Núñez de Cáceres, who had proclaimed an independent Spanish Haiti in 1821, and the guerrilla leader Juan Pablo Duarte, a founding father of the Dominican Republic. This is the story of Haiti's only moment as a single island nation, a bold experiment that ultimately failed. #Haiti #DominicanRepublic #Hispaniola #JeanPierreBoyer #JoséNúñezDeCáceres #JuanPabloDuarte #SantoDomingo #Reunification #1822 #HaitianRevolution #TreatyOfRyswick #ToussaintLouverture #RuralCode #SlaveryAbolition #History #FexingoHistory #CaribbeanHistory #Occupation Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    7 分
  • Haiti's 1843 Revolution: The Fall of Boyer and the End of Unity

    Haiti's 1843 Revolution: The Fall of Boyer and the End of Unity
    2026/06/04
    After Jean-Pierre Boyer unified Haiti in 1820, his 25-year rule brought stability but also deep division. This episode follows the 1843 Praslin revolt that toppled Boyer — a rebellion led by Charles Hérard and fueled by resentment over the 1825 indemnity debt, land monopolies, and the exclusion of rural Haitians from power. We explore the key figures: Hérard, the visionary but doomed reformer; Boyer's entrenched elite; and the rural moun andeyò who finally rose up. We also examine the rural code's harsh labor restrictions, the role of the lakou system, and how the revolt's failure to deliver real change paved the way for Faustin Soulouque's empire. A turning point that exposed Haiti's fragile post-revolutionary order and set the stage for decades of instability. #Haiti #JeanPierreBoyer #CharlesHérard #1843Revolution #PraslinRevolt #HaitianHistory #IndemnityDebt #MounAndeyò #Lakou #RuralCode #CaribbeanHistory #History #FexingoHistory #HaitianRevolution #HaitiPolitics #19thCentury #PortauPrince #FaustinSoulouque Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 分
  • Haiti's 1820 Treaty with the UK: The Freedom Clause That Changed Trade

    Haiti's 1820 Treaty with the UK: The Freedom Clause That Changed Trade
    2026/06/03
    In 1820, Haiti's President Jean-Pierre Boyer signed a trade treaty with the United Kingdom—a remarkable agreement that paired commercial access with a binding antislavery clause. This episode explores how the treaty came about, the diplomatic maneuvering by Boyer, and how Haiti used its revolutionary status to pressure the world's dominant naval power. We discuss the negotiations involving British envoy Robert Sutherland, the precise language of the antislavery provision, and the treaty's impact on Haiti's economy and international isolation. The treaty marked one of the first times a nation conditioned trade on the abolition of the slave trade, but it also forced Haiti to accept unequal tariff terms that hampered its development. This episode dives into the details of an often-overlooked diplomatic victory and its complex legacy. #Haiti #Boyer #UKTreaty1820 #Antislavery #HaitianDiplomacy #RobertSutherland #JeanPierreBoyer #SlaveTrade #CaribbeanHistory #19thCenturyDiplomacy #HaitianRevolutionLegacy #TradePolitics #Abolition #Sovereignty #History #FexingoHistory #PostRevolutionHaiti #ColonialCommerce Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    7 分
  • The Unseen Wars: Haiti's 1812 Siege of Port-au-Prince

    The Unseen Wars: Haiti's 1812 Siege of Port-au-Prince
    2026/06/03
    This episode of The Story of Haiti focuses on the little-told 1812 Siege of Port-au-Prince, a key moment in the 1811-1820 conflict between the Kingdom of Hayti under Henri Christophe and the Republic of Haiti led by Alexandre Pétion. We explore the strategic stakes of the siege, the role of the mulâtre elite versus the peasant majority, and the surprising use of fortifications like the Citadelle Laferrière as a psychological weapon. Lucas and Luna also discuss the political fallout that reshaped the island's north-south divide and the legacy of this internal war in Haitian memory. Listeners will encounter figures like Christophe's general Jean-Baptiste Capoix and the naval blockade that choked the Republic. We draw on contemporary accounts from British observers and the Code Henry to illuminate this neglected chapter. #History #Haiti #HenriChristophe #AlexandrePétion #PortAuPrince #Siege #KingdomOfHayti #RepublicOfHaiti #1812 #CaribbeanHistory #HaitianRevolution #Fortifications #CivilWar #Mulâtre #Capoix #CodeHenry #FexingoHistory #HaitianHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    6 分
  • The Polish Legionnaires Who Fought for Haiti

    The Polish Legionnaires Who Fought for Haiti
    2026/06/02
    In 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte sent a Polish Legion to Saint-Domingue to crush the Haitian Revolution. But when the Poles realized they were fighting against their own ideals of liberty—and against Black people who had already freed themselves—many switched sides. This episode tells the story of the approximately 5,200 Polish soldiers who arrived in Haiti, the disillusionment that led hundreds to join Dessalines's army, and the legacy that lives on today in the village of Cazale, where their descendants still speak Kreyòl and honor both Polish and Haitian traditions. We explore how Józef Zajączek, Charles Małachowski, and other Polish officers navigated a colonial war that mirrored their own nation's struggle for independence, and why Dessalines spared the Poles during the 1804 massacre. A forgotten chapter of solidarity and shared revolution. #PolishLegion #HaitianRevolution #Napoleon #SaintDomingue #Cazale #JeanJacquesDessalines #JózefZajączek #CharlesMałachowski #1804Massacre #PolishDiaspora #CaribbeanHistory #AtlanticWorld #Ayiti #Vertières #Legacy #Kreyòl #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    10 分