I am not from New Orleans but from Texas and I learned last year that my maternal great-great-grandmother migrated from Haiti at some point during the mid to late 19th century to New Orleans and eventually to Lafayette, LA. I had no idea until some of my relatives started digging into our Creole roots and history. This new knowledge has helped me explain why I have always had such an affinity for Haiti although I did not grow up there or in New Orleans and why I am in the process of hopefully traveling there in the very near future. This program was a wonderful history/culture lesson, thank you!

Just finding your podcast. Love it. Listening to this episode this morning reminded me of a great NOLA group that's helping kids in Haiti: http://jacobscolorlink.org/. It's certainly a group that's keeping the ties alive - giving back to the country that's given NOLA so much. Keep up the good work!

Loved it. Had a chance to visit New Orleans back in the 80’s. Still under the spell. Although I never went back but Thanks to this podcast it is definitely on my bucket list. I did not realize the connection was so deep (btw I am of Haitian origin and live now in the DC area. ) I am all for the “Reconnection”. Thanks.

Wowwww..! I never really knew the ties with these two (Haiti and New Orleans) until now! It was nice and very educative to read about my History and Heritage in such a broad way. This need to be share in its entirety for the sake of History.
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I'm a New Orleanian an that spent a lot of my teen years in Central Florida. I knew about Haiti and the revolution growing up, but got a sense that black folks in NO revered it because black folks successfully pushed out white rule, not because we were 'Sister Cities'. It was in FL where I learned about the connections following the revolution, and how Papa Doc, Baby Doc, and Aristide started the next waves of Haitian migration to the US. Another barrier set up between the US and Haiti was the AIDS epidemic in the 80's, and how that affected Haitian's living in American communities. Haitians were set apart and openly ridiculed. NOLA had a colonial relationship with Haiti because of wide open trade of coffee and sugar, but Haiti and the Caribbean have been more related to FL and NYC for at least a hundred years. Zora Neale Huston wrote about several of the Haitian/American connections in 'Tell My Horse' back in the 30's.

I'm from New Orleans and know for certain that my maternal ancestors came to New Orleans after the rebellion. Various forces have severed these kindred places. I hope this changes. And soon.

And thank you for reporting on this...I'm living in Tokyo right now so the "Iko Iko" really brought me back home!

so glad you heard it! thanks for commenting.

My wife is a New Orleanian. I was amazed of the similarities between New Orleans and Haiti the first time I set foot there in 1987. My oldest daughter obtained her masters from Tulane University.I love New Orleans. I love my wife.

LOVE THIS!!! thank you so much for this important program!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you Laine for this wonderful TriPod Report which provides me, my family, and the millions of other people throughout the world with detailed information that enlightens us on the linkage between Haiti and New Orleans. I have two high schoolers in my house. I encourage them to listen to the report. I’m so glad I did. I was born in Haiti. I migrated to the US in 1986, 5 months after the falLof the Duvalier regime. I’m currently a high school teacher in Florida. This report will be copied, preserved, polished in/by my memoir till I leave this place. I wonder how can I contribute?
I hope the leaders of Haiti have access to this report maybe it will wake them up, maybe it will give them a better sense about how to fight the fight, maybe it will remind them of Haiti, maybe it will water their identité.
I would embrace the opportunity to be part of any coalition that would work on educate more people about this linksge and to reopen the relationship between Haiti and New Orleans.
Again thank you.

Thank you for this, Ray! Really glad you heard the documentary, and do hope you continue to share it with whoever else may be interested.

The only successful rebellion of enslaved Africans in the Americas? There was a successful rebellion of enslaved Africans in Yanga Mexico, and other Maroon communities in the Americas. Some may also include the Seminole nation in Florida as well. Anyway, I'm not sure that Haiti represents the only successful rebellion of enslaved Africans in the Americas. Maybe there will be a deeper discussion of this on another post by the author.

Ed, I would like to elaborate on the revolution that took place in Haiti (former name of Saint Domingue). This was the only successful revolution in the history of mankind where former slaves established themselves as victorious of a revolutionary war and create a free nation on the land where they were enslaved.
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love to see this type of respectful dialogue happening here!

You cretin have obviously bumped your fucking head

“The only successful slave revolution” implies a large scale rebellion involving a slave population of nearly half a million Africans who fought for their freedom against Napoleon’s army under the command of General Leclerc four 12 years. No other slave revolution in the world has ever culminated in the formation of an independent nation. It was an embarrassment for Napoleon who imposed a 60 year embargo on Haiti in addition to a restitution of what would be estimated at 22 billion dollars today. The Haitians were determined to be free at any cost. Their leaders, such as Toussaint Louverture, Jean- Jacques Dessalined, Alexandre Petion, Henri Christophe, to name a few, used guérilla tactics at night, setting on fire towns and plantations in a colony that was recognized as the most prosperous of that time period. It was a very costly state of affairs for both sides. The plantations were gone. The irrigation system was destroyed. There was no more trade with Europe and the new government undertook the fortification of the costal areas as a strategy to counter attack the French, the British and the Spanish armies if they were to attempt an invasion. By 1803 Haiti had proclaimed her independence as the first independent Black Country in the world nearly 63 years before the Emancipation Declaration in the United States.
Haitian history is complex yet fascinating. It is because of Haiti that slavery ended in Santo Domingo, years later in Venezuela, Colombia and the rest of Latin America where slavery was institutionalized. Petion sent hundreds of volunteers with weapons, ships, with Simon Bolívar to help free the slaves in South America.
When you look at the flags of Venezuela and Colombia you will see the blue and red stripes which are the colors of the Haitian flag.
It should also be remembered that the skills and savoir-faire in the economic expansion of the Antilles came from the French Creole who fled the island during the revolution. Western civilization would have stagnated in the feudal system hadn’t been for slavery. Thanks to Haiti!

Haiti fought the 3 super powers at the time Spain,Britain,France, and the u.s knew about it. please do your research just cause it wasn't taught here doesn't mean it never happened, while there were slaves all over the world Haiti was the only one that fought back and won then it started a chain reaction and yes there was slave rebellions taking place in other parts of the world but they was not as long or as successful as haiti.

This was an amazing article, shared it everyone I know. I had a vision maybe sometime next year inviting some Haitian from Haiti to spend a week exploring each others culture and connecting the dots. That would be amazing for both Haitians and those living in New Orleans looking for their cultural ties.. food for thought I would love to be a part of that amazing experience..

Hello Tanya! My name is Santhia Succes. I love your idea. It sounds great! Please keep me informed. M email is santhiasuccess@gmail.com.

A lot Haitians feel the connection, because my wife always wants to visit New Orleans. She's always asked to take her to vacation overther for the carnival.

Native New Orleanian who always studied my history since I was a child and this is an insult and degrade of New Orleans culture and credit to our culture. Secondlining and voodoo dates back to West Africa, just because Haitians do somethings similar doesn't means we get it from haiti. Our Voodoo Queen was born 1801. She learned voodoo from her mother and grandmother Catherine(brought freedom) and Margarit(slave), before Haiti came here. We get our culture from AFRICA... with a mix of french, native American, and a little Spain when they ruled. So how Haiti gave us this culture when we were doing it before they came? The houses are similar because french rule... fire after fire we always rebuilt based off The French and Spain "standards," which is now our historical houses. The 1st recorded Mardi was roughly 1699 before New Orleans was even mapped as founded. What food does Haiti have like us? Haiti only added to our population and fitted right in because our cultures were so similar being tgat they were African descent and french ruled. The French came here because it was already french ruled.

TO ANSWER TO EVERYTHING U WROTE , I WANT YOU TO ASK URSELF OR RESHEARCH WHO WAS THE FIRST SETTLERS IN NEW ORLEANS, SAINT DOMINGUE FRENCH AND HAITIANS, THE ONLY REASON THIS CONVO IS ON GOING BECAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION OF HAITI, WHEN THE FRENCH MASTER GAVE AWAY NEW ORLEANS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM FURTHER FAILURE, AND AMERICA TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION AND PUNISHED HAITI TO GET WHAT THEY WANT WHICH WAS NEW ORLEANS,,, WE ALL KNOW THE TRUTH THAT THE WORLD DESTROYED HAITI BECAUSE THEY CANT ENDURE BLACK VICTORY, AND UNFORTUNATELY BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA FEEL THE SAME WAY BECAUSE OF LACK OF EDUCATION...