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MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History May 28, 1802: 400 rebellious enslaved people, led by Louis Delgrès, blew themselves up in In Guadeloupe, rather than submit to Napoleon's troops. Delgres had fought as an officer for Revolutionary France against Great Britain. The Jacobins had freed the slaves, but Napoleon threatened to reimpose slavery throughout the empire. During his resistance, the French army drove Delgrès and his followers into a fort. When they realized there was no escape, they committed suicide by igniting the gunpowder stores, attempting to kill as many French troops as possible in the process. Much later, the French built a memorial for him opposite that of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian revolution. However, the true location of both men’s remains are a mystery.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toussaintlouverture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toussaintlouverture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LouisDelgr%C3%A8s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouisDelgrès</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/guadeloupe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guadeloupe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revolution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rebellion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jacobin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jacobin</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastadon</span></a></p>
kriykat<p>Vijay Prashad: Punishing Haiti’s Liberation<br><a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/13/vijay-prashad-punishing-haitis-liberation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">consortiumnews.com/2025/05/13/</span><span class="invisible">vijay-prashad-punishing-haitis-liberation/</span></a><br>Ever since waging the first successful anti-imperialist revolution in 1804, the Caribbean nation that overthrew slavery has been hit with crippling debt, coups and foreign meddling. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On a stormy August night in 1791,&amp;#8230;<br><a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Commentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commentary</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haiti</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/IncomeInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IncomeInequality</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.s. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/AntiImperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiImperialism</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/C%C3%A9cileFatiman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CécileFatiman</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Citibank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Citibank</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/DuttyBoukman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuttyBoukman</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/DuvalierRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuvalierRegime</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Frank%C3%A9tienne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Frankétienne</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/FrenchRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchRevolution</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/GeorgeWashington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeWashington</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/HaitianRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaitianRevolution</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/JeanBertrandAristide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeanBertrandAristide</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/JeanJacquesDessalines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeanJacquesDessalines</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/MaximilienRobespierre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaximilienRobespierre</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/NapoleonBonaparte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NapoleonBonaparte</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/PresidentJeanVilbrunGuillaumeSam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentJeanVilbrunGuillaumeSam</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slavery</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/ThomasJefferson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThomasJefferson</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/ToussaintLOuverture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToussaintLOuverture</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/VijayPrashad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VijayPrashad</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/ViscountOfRochambeau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ViscountOfRochambeau</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History May 6, 1794: Toussaint L'Ouverture launched the Haitian revolution for independence against France. As a result of this revolution, the formerly enslaved people declared independence from France in 1804, making Haiti the first free black republic in the world. The U.S. refused to recognize Haiti for the next 70. France extracted millions in restitution, destroying any hope of ever moving out of deep poverty. The slave revolt against the French began in 1791 with the call by Dutty Boukman, a vodou priest. (For a really great history of the Haitian revolution, please see the Black Jacobins, by C. L. R. James)</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToussaintLOuverture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToussaintLOuverture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/boukman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boukman</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/blackjacobins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackjacobins</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/clrjames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clrjames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastadon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today In Labor History April 7, 1804: Haitian general, Toussaint Louverture died on this day. He was one of the most prominent members of the Haitian revolution for independence from France. The slave revolt against the French began in 1791 with the call by Dutty Boukman, a vodou priest. Encouraged by the French and American revolutions. Louverture led 100,000 enslaved Haitians in revolt, winning their freedom in 1793. In 1804, Haiti became first free black republic in the world. The U.S. refused to recognize Haiti for the next 70 and France extracted millions in restitution, destroying any hope of ever moving out of deep poverty. Louverture was betrayed in the end and died in prison. For a fantastic history of the Haitian Revolution, read “The Black Jacobins,” by C.L.R.James.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toussaintlouverture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toussaintlouverture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/boukman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boukman</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vodou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vodou</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/revolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revolt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastadon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackJacobins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackJacobins</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CLRJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CLRJames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
idavoxToussaint Louverture (1743-1803)<br>About twenty years actor Danny Glover was working on a movie about called Toussaint starring Don Cheadle, Mos Def, Wesley Snipes and Angela Bassett, but he got push back from the studios because their weren't any White heroes in it. In a movie about a slave rebellion? Then the fascist activist campaigns against it bec<br><a href="http://idavox.com/index.php/2025/02/03/toussaint-louverture-1743-1803/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://idavox.com/index.php/2025/02/03/toussaint-louverture-1743-1803/</a><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://shaktzu.org/tag/blackhistorymatters" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackHistoryMatters</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://shaktzu.org/tag/haiti" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Haiti</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://shaktzu.org/tag/rebellion" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rebellion</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://shaktzu.org/tag/slavery" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slavery</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://shaktzu.org/tag/toussaintlouverture" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ToussaintLouverture</a>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History January 1, 1804: Haitian slaves, led by Jean Jacques Desalines, declared independence from France, making Haiti the first free black republic in the world. The U.S. refused to recognize Haiti for the next 70. France extracted millions in restitution, destroying any hope of ever moving out of deep poverty. The slave revolt against the French began in 1791 with the call by Dutty Boukman, a vodou priest. Toussaint L'Ouverture led the revolution. (For a really great history of the Haitian revolution, please see the “Black Jacobins,” by C. L. R. James)</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revolution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToussaintLOuverture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToussaintLOuverture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/boukman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boukman</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History August 22, 1791: Encouraged by the French and American revolutions, Toussaint Louverture led over 100,000 Haitian slaves in a revolt against the French. They were ultimately successful, making Haiti the first black republic in the world. The US refused recognition of Haiti until 1865, as a result of pressure from Southern slaveholders. The French demanded $21 billion In today’s dollars) in reparations for the losses to the former slaveholders, in exchange for peace and recognition of Haiti as an independent nation. The debt was financed through French banks and the U.S. bank, Citibank. The Haitians finally paid it off in 1947. However, the huge interest payments for their independence debt, and the debt incurred through the corruption of the Duvalier dynasty, have made Haiti one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere. Prior to independence, Haiti was the richest and most productive of all of Europe’s colonies.</p><p>The best book I’ve read on the Haitian Revolution is “The Black Jacobins,” by Trinidadian socialist C.L.R. James. Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier explores the revolution in his novel, “The Kingdom of This World” (1949). You can read more about Toussaint Louverture and the slave uprising in Madison Smartt Bell’s trilogy called “All Souls' Rising” (1995) and Isabel Allende’s 2010 novel, “Island Beneath the Sea.”</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revolution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jacobins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jacobins</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toussaintlouverture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toussaintlouverture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CLRJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CLRJames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/isabelallende" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>isabelallende</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastadon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History May 28, 1802: 400 rebellious slaves, led by Louis Delgrès, blew themselves up in In Guadeloupe, rather than submit to Napoleon's troops. Delgres had fought as an officer for Revolutionary France against Great Britain. The Jacobins had freed the slaves, but Napoleon threatened to reimpose slavery throughout the empire. During his resistance, the French army drove Delgrès and his followers into a fort. When they realized there was no escape, they committed suicide by igniting the gunpowder stores, attempting to kill as many French troops as possible in the process. Much later, the French built a memorial for him opposite that of Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian revolution. However, the true location of both men’s remains are a mystery.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abolition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toussaintlouverture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toussaintlouverture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LouisDelgr%C3%A8s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouisDelgrès</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/guadeloupe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guadeloupe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revolution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rebellion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jacobin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jacobin</span></a></p>
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MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History August 22, 1791: Encouraged by the French and American revolutions, Toussaint Louverture led over 100,000 Haitian slaves in a revolt against the French. They were ultimately successful, making Haiti the first black republic in the world. The US refused recognition of Haiti until 1865, as a result of pressure from Southern slaveholders. The French demanded $21 billion In today’s dollars) in reparations for the losses to the former slaveholders, in exchange for peace and recognition of Haiti as an independent nation. The debt was financed through French banks and the U.S. bank, Citibank. The Haitians finally paid it off in 1947. However, the huge interest payments for their independence debt, and the debt incurred through the corruption of the Duvalier dynasty, have made Haiti one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere. Prior to independence, Haiti was the richest and most productive of all of Europe’s colonies.</p><p>The best book I’ve read on the Haitian Revolution is “The Black Jacobins,” by Trinidadian socialist C.L.R. James. Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier explores the revolution in his novel, “The Kingdom of This World” (1949). You can read more about Toussaint Louverture and the slave uprising in Madison Smartt Bell’s trilogy called “All Souls' Rising” (1995) and Isabel Allende’s 2010 novel, “Island Beneath the Sea.”</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingClass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revolution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jacobins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jacobins</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToussaintLouverture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToussaintLouverture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CLRJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CLRJames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsabelAllende" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsabelAllende</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastadon</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
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