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malaise

(276,345 posts) Tue Sep 17, 2024, 09:50 PM Sep 17

While you watch the treatment of the Haitian people [View all]

on their own island and elsewhere never forget that their revolution hastened the end of the Atlantic slave trade and the French, British, Americans, Spanish et al have never and will never forgive them.

The Haitians beat their slave owners the way Kamala will whip the CONvicted felon.

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While you watch the treatment of the Haitian people [View all] malaise Sep 17 OP

The Haitian revolution was the first successful anti-colonial uprising DBoon Sep 17 #1

+1 leftstreet Sep 17 #2

An important point in history. However, the punitive "settlement" with... NNadir Sep 18 #3

and the US backed dictators, despots and thieves malaise Sep 18 #4

True. NNadir Sep 18 #5