1. Sandy Cash
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The Haitian Declaration is written to inspire nationalist feelings. It talks about how the people of
Haiti should never forget the price they paid for freedom. The document justifies the Haitian
Revolution by saying how horrible it was to be enslaved by the French. The tone of the document
is very passionate about the Haitian Declaration.
The Haitian Declaration inspires nationalist feelings, by saying, “…have received liberty by
shedding all your blood, know that you have done nothing if you did not give the nation a
terrible, but just example of the vengeance that must be wrought by a people proud to have
recovered its liberty, and jealous to maintain it.” It also goes on to say this, “…vow before me to
live free and independent and to prefer death to anything that will try to place you back in
chains.” It makes the people there feel like they have a cause that they all fought for, and should
never forget.
The document justifies the Haitian Revolution by saying, “…it is not enough to have restrained
those ever-evolving factions that one after another mocked the specter of liberty that France
dangled before you.” It goes on to say that, the French name still haunts their land, everything
reminds them of the horrible memories of cruelties.
While talking about how it justifies the Haitian Revolution, the document’s tone is very
passionate. It is also very passionate about the Haitian Declaration. While talking on these
subjects, you can just feel how passionate the author is.
This document talks about how they justify the Haitian Revolution and how it inspired nationalist
feelings. While explaining these subjects, the tone of the document is very passionate about them.
It goes into the depth of how horrible it was to be enslaved by the French and how as a nation
they should never forget the price of their freedom.