With no help from the U.S., Simon turned for aid to this Caribbean nation that threw out the French in 1804
[DOC] [TLE] TRINICENTER.COM - The Tragedy of Haiti [PAR] The revolutionary chiefs discarded the French 'Saint-Domingue' in favor of the ... 
Haiti was the first free nation of free men to arise within, and in resistance to, the 
.... whiteness," but the rebels who overthrew colonial rule did not approach that 
status.