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Since the 19th century, the histories of Haiti and the United States have often been connected. Besides the fact that they were the first two countries in the region to constitute themselves as independent states Haiti in 1804 and the United States in 1776 contingents of Haitian fighters went to Savannah, Georgia to fight alongside U.S.-Americans in the War of Independence. Despite this parallel, the United States boycotted Haiti’s independence and stymied its development efforts for more than half a century. The white U.S. ruling elite operated from and enshrined white supremacy, including the idea that white people must dominate the world. With small variations, entrenched anti-Blackness both at home in the United States and abroad continues to underlie much of U.S. domestic and foreign policy.