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After the discovery of Hispaniola by Columbus in 1492, Spain took possession of the island and of its native Indians. Owing to war and other causes, the natives disappeared, and to repopulate the island, Bishop Las Casas in 1517 obtained permission from the Spanish Crown to bring over African Negroes, thus establishing the African-American slave traffic.
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Books of Reference
Books of Reference concerning Haiti: 1. Official Publications
The official gazette is Le Moniteur.
Department of Overseas Trade Reports, Annual Series. London.
Geology of the Republic of Haiti. Port-au-Prince, 1924.
Annual Reports of Haitian governmental departments. Port-au-Prince.
Haitian Directory and Handbook. By the Consulate General of New York. 1933.
Revue Agricole óV Haiti. Prom 1946. Quarterly.
For years prior to 1942, see annual report of the fiscal representative as submitted to the Government of Haiti and the Secretary of State of the United States.
2. Non-Official Publications
Haiti 1919–20. Blue Book of Haiti A Pictorial Review of the Republic of Haiti. including special articles on History, Government, Geography, Commerce and Natural Resources. New York, 1919.
Bellegarde (D.), L’Occupation Americaine d’Haiti : Ses conséquences morales et économiques. Port-au-Prince, 1929,—Haiti and Her Problems. Rio Piedros, 1936.
— La Nation Haïtienne. Paris, 1938.
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Davis (H. P.), Black Democracy. The Story of Haiti. New York, 1936.
Léger (A. N.), Histoire diplomatique d’Haiti. Port-au-Prince, 1930.
Leybum (J. G.), The Haitian People. Yale University, 1941.
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Price (H.), Dictionnaire de Legislation Administrative Haïtienne. Port-au-Prince, 1923.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1947). Haiti. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270763_39
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