Epilogue: For Now?
When I first started writing this story, it was more of an exercise to see if I could. I wanted to attempt to push the boundaries of my own creativity, and see to what extent I could save a nation that was seemingly doomed by history to be a failed state.
I would not say the Haiti I have created is without problems, in fact it has many of the same problems as before, an iron fisted racial caste system, disenfranchisement for most likely 80% of the population, a horrendous track record for worker’s rights, and civil rights, perhaps it’s only saving grace is a free press.
But, at least for now I have managed to prove that yes by better leadership, and a more rational, and intelligent policy towards Spanish Haitians (Dominicans irl), then Haiti should have been easily able to not only hold onto the eastern half of Hispaniola, but the island thrive at least for a short time.
The shift towards White Haitian dominance is something we see in other South, and Latin American countries. Brazil most notably had their whitening policies, but even Haiti itself had a disproportionate level of wealth, and power concentrated in the hands of the old Mixed-Race elite class, even when they had often been enemies of the slave rebellion.
Should I ever return to this story, and desire to reach the modern day, you’d see the whitening reach its fever pitch under the rule of the insanely racist, and most likely insecure Rafael Trujillo. He is among the most interesting figures I would have covered. Not only was he anti-Haitian but his own family lineage traced back, allegedly, to the Haitian revolutionary leaders. Whether his hard-line anti-Haitianism was due to his own lineage, or if he was aware of such a connection, who can say.
For now, while this story was not insanely popular, or captured much attention on the site, I hope for you few (usually 7-8 of you) who stuck around and read every chapter, I thank you.
Thank you for reading, and stay curious of the weirder alt history scenarios,
Eigengrau