Ka kammala wannan jumlar: A watan Yuli na shekara ta 1915, bayan tashin hankali na siyasa da kuma kisan gillar da aka yi wa shugaban Haiti Vilbrun Guillaume Sam, sojojin ruwan Amurka suka mamaye Haiti. Kafin mamayewa manoma sun yi tawaye don tsayayya da matakan da masu saka hannun jari na Amurka suka dauka don kwace ƙasarsu da sauya salon noma a yankin daga rayuwa zuwa tsarin da ke kama da shuka - ra'ayin komawa ga wani abu kamar tsarin shuka ya fuskanci tsayayyar juriya. Mutanen Haiti sun ji tsoron cewa masu saka hannun jari na Amurka suna kokarin mayar da tattalin arzikin su zuwa tushen gona tunda kasuwancin Amurka suna tara ƙasa kuma suna korar manoma na ƙauyuka daga ƙasar danginsu. Mutanen ƙauyen Haiti sun kafa runduna da suke yawo a ƙauyuka, suna sata daga manoma kuma suna yi wa mata fyaɗe. Dalilin da ya sa
Mamayar Amurka a Haiti ta kasance wani bangare ne don kare saka hannun jari da kuma hana kasashen Turai samun iko sosai a yankin. Daya daga cikin hujjojin da aka bayyana don mamayewa shine aikin bautar da yara a matsayin bayi na gida; duk da haka Amurka ta sake aiwatar da aikin tilastawa a karkashin tsarin "corvée".