"Dislike of seeing others of their race prosper is a trait that crops out in the Haitian character in the frequent uprisings... Many of the Haitian Presidents have been both cruel and corrupt, and it seems surprising that the whole system of government has not crumbled long ago. The entire republic is governed by a network of generals, who hold in their hands the power of life and death. These men rule after the fashion of a schoolboy bully and deal out justice in a cruel manner."

— C. R. Miller, "Life in Troubled Haiti as Seen Through American Eyes" (1908), in Leslie's Weekly

* Pictured is the Haitian revolutionary warlord Jimmy Chérizier, nicknamed "Barbecue".

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