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RE: Charles Henry Baker

IT IS NOT A CHANGE OF COLOR IN THE POLITICAL REALM THAT WILL IMPROVE OUR LIVES BUT RATHER A REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN OUR MENTALITE.

THE NORTH WAS MORE LITERATE UNDER CHRISTOPHE(DARK-SKINNED) WITH SCHOOLS BEING CONSTRUCTED THAN THE WESTERN PART OF HAITI UNDER BOYER( LIGHT-SKINNED).

SIMILARLY, SALNAVE( LIGHT-SKINNED)FOUGHT AND DIED TO CREATE A MORE MERITOCRATIC AND EGALITARIAN SOCIETY WHEREAS MAGLOIRE(DARK-SKINNED) MADE A COUP-D'ETAT TO PRESERVE THE STATUS QUO. YOU SEE, THE COLOR OF A MAN IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A SUFFICIENT OR NECESSARY CONDITION TO BE A HUMANIST-NATIONALIST WITH UPSTANDING CHARACTER.

TWO MULATTOS DIFFERENT ATTITUDES AS EXPECTED,RIGAUD WANTED TO REJECT HIS AFRICAN ANCESTRY WHEREAS SCHOMBURG EMBRACED HIS AFRICAN ANCESTRY BY CREATING THE FIRST INSTITUTION FOR THE STUDY OF BLACK CULTURE IN THE AMERICAS.

AFRICANS, DIFFERENT ATTITUDES, BIASSOU WANTED TO KILL ALL WHITES, WHREAS TOUSSAINT WANTED TO ASSIMILATE THEM RATHER THAN DESTROY THEM EVENTHOUGH TOUSSAINT SPENT MORE TIME IN SLAVERY THAN BIASSOU.

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