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Episode #4
The History of Haiti: Brothers in misfortune
by Mikelson Toussaint-Fils
When Nicolas de Ovando became governor of Hispaniola in 1502, he quickly set out to make the colony a profitable asset to the Spanish crown. He crushed the resistance of the Tainos led by chiefs like Anacaona, Guarionex and Cotubanama. He establishes a more structured administration. He introduces an efficient tax system. He founded new cities such as Puerto Plata, Santiago and Concepción de la Vega.
However, there was a significant problem that also had to be solved. The Taino population reduced considerably by slavery, massacres and epidemics could no longer meet the need for the labor required by the economic ambitions of Spain in the colony. The solution was to pull men and women out of Africa to bring them to work by force in the mines and plantations of Hispaniola. How will this traffic start? What will be the relationship between the native Tainos and these new inhabitants of Haiti from Africa? Let's embark on this fourth episode of our series on the History of Haiti.
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