love of gambling, the vehicle of this being cock-fighting (as in Cuba, and, to a much slighter extent, in Haiti). They are as quiet and reserved as the Haitians are noisy and expansive. When they go to war — politically or as a matter of private vendetta — they mean business. Nevertheless without… … 163. A PACHYCEREUS CACTUS, HAITIAN LOWLANDS more culture and civilisation in her towns than was the case with San Domingo. The Haitians were far more prolific than their neighbours, and probably much harder workers. It is not necessary to compare the one people with the other to the disadvantage of…
Blacks · Slavery
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