Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bautar a Haiti ta fara ne bayan zuwan Christopher Columbus a tsibirin a 1492 tare da Turawan mulkin mallaka da suka biyo baya daga Portugal, Spain da Faransa. Wannan aikin yana da lahani ga mazaunan ƙasar. Bayan kusan kashe 'yan asalin Tainos daga aikin tilastawa, cuta da yaƙi, Mutanen Espanya, a ƙarƙashin shawarar firist Katolika Bartolomé de las Casas kuma tare da albarkar cocin Katolika, sun fara aiki da gaske a cikin 1600 da aka sace da kuma tilasta yin aiki na bayi na Afirka. A lokacin mulkin mallaka na Faransa da ya soma a shekara ta 1625, tattalin arzikin ƙasar Haiti (da ake kira Saint-Domingue a lokacin) ya dangana ne a kan bautar bayi, kuma ana ɗaukan wannan aikin a matsayin mugunta a duniya. Juyin Juya Halin Haiti na 1804, wanda shine kawai nasarar bawan da ya yi nasara a tarihin ɗan adam, ya kawo ƙarshen bautar ba kawai a Saint-Domingue ba, amma a duk yankunan Faransa. Duk da haka, wannan tawaye ya cancanci rawar da ya taka a cikin tarihin Portuguese da Mutanen Espanya na Amurka. Bugu da ƙari, wannan tawaye ne a Haiti da za a iya gano gwagwarmayar neman 'yancin kai a Latin Amurka. Koyaya, shugabannin Haiti da yawa bayan juyin juya halin sun yi amfani da aikin tilastawa, suna gaskanta tattalin arzikin da ke cikin gonaki shine kawai hanyar da Haiti za ta yi nasara, da kuma gina katanga don kare kai daga harin Faransa. A lokacin mamayar Amurka
Tsakanin 1915 da 1934, sojojin Amurka sun tilasta wa 'yan Haiti yin aiki wajen gina hanyoyi don kare kansu daga mayakan adawa na Haiti.