Project Gutenberg 2011-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 207 Johnson, James Weldon 1871 1938 Johnson, J. W. (James Weldon) Self-Determining Haiti Four articles reprinted from The Nation embodying a report of an investigation made for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Gary Rees and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Self-Determining Haiti" by James Weldon Johnson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work compiles four articles originally published in "The Nation" in 1920 and details the United States' imperialistic actions in Haiti during the years of American occupation from 1915 onwards. The focus of the text sheds light on the complex political situation, exploring themes of colonialism, economic exploitation, and the impact of foreign intervention on Haitian sovereignty. The opening of the text reveals the context behind America's military involvement in Haiti, indicating that the U.S. intervention was primarily motivated by economic interests, particularly those of the National City Bank. Johnson outlines the events leading up to the American occupation, including the coup against Haitian President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam, effectively framing the U.S. actions as both opportunistic and imperialistic. From this start, Johnson condemns the militarization and suppression of Haitian governance, emphasizing the existential threat to Haitian independence posed by American military dominance and financial control, thereby setting the stage for a detailed exploration of these themes throughout the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Haiti -- Foreign relations -- United States United States -- Foreign relations -- Haiti Haiti -- Politics and government -- 1844-1934 F1900 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General Browsing: Politics 144491 144500 2024-09-15T03:35:07.440098 2023-09-15T09:26:32.729521 text/html text/html 141404 2021-01-07T10:40:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 48288 2021-01-07T10:40:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 102318 2024-09-15T03:35:11.617110 application/epub+zip 103059 2024-09-15T03:35:08.859123 application/epub+zip 103059 2024-09-15T03:35:07.929097 application/epub+zip 223183 2024-09-15T03:35:13.710088 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207258 2024-09-15T03:35:11.086078 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 141985 2022-09-16T06:33:51.767055 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 133868 133646 2024-09-15T03:35:07.147125 2023-09-15T09:26:32.390507 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 133822 2021-01-07T10:40:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 46388 2021-01-07T10:40:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 133813 2021-01-07T10:40:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46350 2021-01-07T10:40:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21042 2024-09-15T03:35:13.841119 application/rdf+xml 14351 2024-09-15T03:35:08.401100 image/jpeg 3873 2024-09-15T03:35:08.097113 image/jpeg 101527 2024-09-15T03:35:07.452143 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia