It looks like the Haitians copied Our Lady of Czestochowa. Rather she was baptized as Haiti's National Protector, Twa Mak. How did that happen? According to US Catholic, there was a slave revolt in 1791 resulting in the slaves taking over the plantations. The Europeans couldn't accept this so Napoleon sent troops over to the island to take over. With the French were 5000 Polish legionnaires and their devotion to Our Lady of Czestochowa. Some of the Poles stayed and Our Lady of Czestochowa made a new home. The Haitians took to her because she looks like she has suffered like themselves. Her scars make her beautiful.
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