Is it just to condemn brutally exploited slaves for bitterness and reprisals against those who exploited them? I think not. Slavery under the French in Haiti was notorious for its extreme cruelty and outsize profits, with a high rate of mortality among the slaves. The indemnity set in the 1825 treaty between France and Haiti was based not on lives lost but on property values, including the value of the slaves themselves.
We can debate the brutality of slavery all day long. I never said it was a good thing. But, when Haiti slaughtered white women and children, they sealed their fate which led to the treaty that made them pay.
Countries negotiate with what power they have and Haiti had none by the time the 1825 treaty was done. Are we going to revisit all the Indian treaties from the 18th and 19th centuries?
They treated me bad isn’t going to fly with people when you are genociding a race because of their color. AND if they are white women and children, white countries aren’t coming to your aid. Not for treaties or anything else!