 
  
  
    Haiti's Jean-Bertrand Aristide with President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office 1994
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, leader of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    Jean-Pierre Boyer, Haiti's second president
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    A market in contemporary Haiti
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    Haitians clear rubble days after the January 12, 2010 earthquake
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    Devastation following Haiti's January 12, 2010 earthquake 
  
  Source: Agencia Brasil/Marcello Casal Jr
 
  
  
    A neighborhood in Port-au-Prince following Haiti's January 12, 2010 earthquake
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    François Duvalier (nicknamed Papa Doc) president of Haiti 1957-1971
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    Haiti's Citadelle Laferrière
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    A depiction of American troops occupying Haiti, 1915
  
  Source: Public Domain
Comments: Capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti , 1915, by Donna J. Neary
 
  
  
    Americans on patrol in Haiti, 1921
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    U.S.-led Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti, 1994
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    Haitians set up makeshift tents in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake
  
  Source: Agencia Brasil/Marcello Casal Jr
 
  
  
    A U.N. vehicle in a Port-au-Prince neighborhood following the 2010 earthquake
  
  Source: Agencia Brasil/Marcello Casal Jr
 
  
  
    Haitians scramble for U.S. aid packages following the 2010 earthquake
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    A depiction of fighting during the Haitian Revolution
  
  Source: Public Domain
Comments: January Suchodolski, The Battle at Santo Domingo
 
  
  
    A depiction of Columbus landing in 1492 in Hispaniola, the island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    The American abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who described the U.S. government’s response to the Haitian Revolution as reflecting discomfort with Black freedom and self-determination 
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    An eighteenth-century colonial mansion in Port-au-Prince
  
  Source: Public Domain
 
  
  
    Haiti's National Palace, the president's official residence, stands in ruins following the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
  
  Source: Logan Abassi / UNDP Global
 
  
  
    A flag depicting a common Vodun symbol
  
  Source: Wikimedia Commons/ Sam Fentress
 
  
  
    Faustin I of Haiti (reign 1849-1859)
  
  Source: Public Domain
