In the early days of Haiti as an independent country, the US was quite hostile towards it because American planters feared the effects that having an independent "Negro republic" might have on slaves in the South.
Jim F.
---------- Original Message ---------- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> To: lbo-talk <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Subject: [lbo-talk] Pat Robertson outdoes himself Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:31:24 -0500
[video at original - his delivery makes the words even more vile]
<http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0110/Robertson_Haiti_cursed_since_Satanic_pact.html
> The Rev. Pat Robertson, on his CBN broadcast today, offered his own explanation of the earthquake in Haiti: "Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it," he said. "They were under the heel of the French ... and they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, 'We will serve you if you'll get us free from the French.'
"True story. And the devil said, 'OK, it's a deal,'" Robertson said. "Ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after another."
His words, which refer to a piece of Haitian folklore about the country's founder, Toussaint L'Ouverture, come around the 6:00 mark in the report above, which also includes interviews with missionary groups active in the country. ___________________________________
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