im doing a history class on the america's and im just curious
so i need an answer please
2007-02-15 12:10:57 · 3 answers · asked by jean a 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
yes they are but are also mixed with whites and indian americans
2007-02-15 12:18:11 · answer #1 · answered by WEEDG 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Haiti and the Dominican Republic are on the same island, Hispaniola. The DR was a Spanish colony, and Haiti was French.
In the DR, Hispanic people intermarried with black African slaves and white people and any native people they didn't kill off (most of the Native Americans in the Caribbean got killed off by war and disease.)
In Haiti, slaves were kept separate from their French masters--they rarely had children together. The French people there had a real disdain for their African slaves.
Therefore, racially and culturally, the two countries are very different.
2007-02-15 12:25:20 · answer #2 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
not! have you seen a Hatian. They are just African. there hasn't been much mixing. You're think of the other side of hispaniola. Dominicans.
2007-02-15 12:22:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋