Professor Elam

Friday January 21, 2010

I have advocated a business history course but it is not to be with the new 120 hour limitation. Here is a good example of why history is important. The French were driven out of Haiti with a slave led rebellion in 1791, rebellion was sweeping the globe. The French dominated Haiti with cruel treatment to the slaves. Sugar was the commodity. After the French were driven out they returned with warships demanding a crushing reparations. That debt has still not been paid!

This is one reason that the country, as well as crooked leaders, has never recovered. It will be interesting to see what France has to offer now…