Haiti–Poland Relations
Haiti–Poland relations refer to the bilateral relations between Haiti and Poland. Contacts date back to the Polish contribution in the Haitian Revolution in the early 19th century, with diplomatic relations established after World War I. Both countries are members of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization. History In 1802, Napoleon sent Polish Legions (Napoleonic era), Polish Legionnaires to then French colonial empire, French-ruled Saint-Domingue to fight off a slave rebellion. Poles, who fought on the side of First French Empire, France in hopes of restoration of their recently Partitions of Poland, partitioned and occupied homeland, were lied to that they would fight against rebellious prisoners, and after learning the truth, many defected to join the Haitian Revolution against the French colonialists. First head of state of Haiti Jean-Jacques Dessalines called the Poles the ''white Negroes of Europe'', in an expression of respect and empathy for the situation of ...
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Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. To its south-west lies the small Navassa Island, which is claimed by Haiti but is disputed as a United States territory under federal administration."Haiti"
''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Haiti is in size, the third largest country in the Caribbean by area, and has an estimated population of 11.4 million, making it the most populous country in the Caribb ...
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