Read the following excerpt from articles 3 through 5 of the Haitian
Constitution, a document that established a government in Haiti after it won
its independence from France. Which of the statements below the excerpt
describes a prediction that a foreign observer may have made about Haiti
after reading this excerpt?
Article. 3 There cannot exist slaves on this territory,
servitude is therein forever abolished. All men are born, live
and die free and French.
Article. 4 All men, regardless of color, are eligible to all
employment.
Article. 5. There shall exist no distinction other than
those based on virtue and talent, and other superiority
afforded by law in the exercise of a public function.
The law is the same for all whether in punishment or in
protection.¹
1. Haitian Constitution of 1801 (English), art. 3-5, The Louverture Project, accessed April
3, 2013, http://thelouvertureproject.org/index.php?
title=Haitian Constitution_of_1801_%28English%29# External links.
OA. Haiti's ability to win its independence from France was an unlikely,
but fortunate, event.
OB. Haiti's newly independent government is fiercely opposed to
racism and slavery.
OC. Articles 3 through 5 of the Haitian Constitution establish a
government based on racial equality.
OD. The end of slavery in Haiti will inspire slaves in the United States
to launch their own revolution.