 The main reason for this difference in viewpoints of nationalisms come from the fact that one group lived as slaves, and the other did not.For one, the economic and agricultural practices of Dessalines, and leaders after him, were based on the need to create a strong economic state, that was capable of maintaining a strong military.For the elite leaders of Haiti, maintaining a strong military to ward off either the French or other colonial powers and ensure independence would create a free state.