The proposed manuscript is driven by two notable absences in the current market for Haitian history, Haitian analysis, and poverty studies. First, it will rediscover the lost world of Saint-Domingue, a fascinating biracial society unknown to many Americans. Secondly, it will be unforgiving in its exploration of the missed possibilities for Haitian prosperity. A wide literature, both academic and general, isolates problems of inadequacy in education, agriculture, and civil society without historical depth. For example, Alix Michel, in his 2015, “ Condamne ́ Á La Pauvreté: Une Analyse Des Causes De La Misère Effroyable Du Peuple Haïtien blames over-reliance on foreign aid for Haitian poverty in his synopsis.