The Haitian revolution marks one of the most successful revolutions in the world but is oddly enough not widely mentioned in western education curriculums. Previously known as the French colony of Saint-Domingue, Haiti has an interesting and rich history. After having studied the works from scholars such as Michel Rolph Trouillot of the University of Chicago, Philippe R. Girard Head of the McNesse State University History department and Jeremy D. Popkin Professor at the University of Kentucky, I argue that these different historians might interpret and study the case of the Haitian revolution and the massacres of the white creoles in 1804 depending on their selected theme of research and their nationality. The research is strongly influenced…show more content… Michel-Rolph Troulliot was actually born in Haiti in 1949 from a well-educated family. He escaped the Haitian dictatorship of Duvalier in 1968 and immigrated to New York City. Trouillot received a BA in History from City University in New York and continued his education by attending graduate school at the John Hopkins University and received his PHD in Anthropology. Troulliot eventually became the founding director of the institute of Global studies in Culture and Power and History. Troulliot later continued his research at the University of Chicago where he finished his career before passing away in 2012. One of Troulliot’s well-repudiated essay’s titled “An Unthinkable History: The Haitian Revolution as a Non-Event” questions and conceptualizes why the Haitian revolution including the massacre of the white creoles, was ignored by the Western community and Historians. His consideration of reasoning neglecting of one of the most important revolutions of all time was strongly related to his perspective of racism. He argues that the 18th century ideology of westerners involving a strong sense of racism is a founding reason behind the ignorance of the topic. ”On the one hand, resistance and…show more content… The Haitian Revolution is highly ignored and not spoken about by western historians and is overall overlooked in the sense of its historical significance that caused a series of events to follow and influence the Haitian quality of life for over a century to come. Chazotte’s account also gives us perspective on the participation of the Haitians in the massacres. Chazotte explains that from his first hand experience “Dessaline’s decision to massacre the white civilians in Haiti was opposed by many members of the black population as well as by the gens de couleur.” These statements in Popkin’s publication says there where indeed Haitians and other people of colour that were opposed to the mass murders committed in the massacres. The ideology of an eye for an eye is usually problematic when considering modernization and progression in world
