1. (noun)Hispaniola, Haiti, Hayti an island in the West Indies
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. hayti next to Cuba the largest of the W. Indian Islands, in the group of the Greater Antilles, lies midway between Cuba on the W. and PortoRico on the E.; its area, somewhat larger than Scotland, is apportioned between the negroRepublic of Hayti in the E. and the mulattoDominicanRepublic in the W.; the island is mountainous, and forests of valuabletimber abound; a warm, moist climate favours rice, cotton, &c., and minerals are plentiful; but during this century, under native government, the island has been retrogressive; agriculture and mining are practically at a standstill, while the natives seem incapable of self-government; the language spoken is a corrupt French; Port-au-Prince and San Domingo are the chief towns; discovered in 1492 by Columbus, the island was soon denuded of its aboriginals, then peopled by imported negroes, joined latterly by French buccaneers; in 1697 the island was ceded to France, but in 1791, under Toussaint l'Ouverture (q. v.), the blacks, after a bloody revolution, swept the islandclear of Europeans; population of island somewhat over a million.
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