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1804 Haiti massacre

The 1804 Haiti massacre was carried out against the remaining white population of native French people and French Creoles (or Franco-Haitians) in Haiti by Haitian soldiers under orders from Jean-Jacques Dessalines. He had decreed that all suspected of conspiring in the acts of the expelled army should be put to death.[1]

The massacre, which took place throughout Haiti, occurred from early January 1804 until 22 April 1804, and resulted in the death of 3,000 to 5,000 men, women, and children.[2] Squads of soldiers moved from house to house, torturing and killing entire families.[3] Even whites who had been friendly and sympathetic to the black population were imprisoned and later killed.[4] A second wave of massacres targeted white women and children.[4]

Throughout the early-to-mid nineteenth century, these events were well known in the United States, where they were called “the horrors of St. Domingo”. In addition, many refugees had come to the U.S. from Saint-Domingue, settling in New Orleans, Charleston, New York, and other coastal cities. These events polarized Southern U.S. public opinion on the question of the abolition of slavery.[5][6]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1804_Haiti_massacre


15 posted on 07/10/2018 4:00:35 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Ken H

[Even whites who had been friendly and sympathetic to the black population were imprisoned and later killed.]

These were known as the first liberals.


34 posted on 07/10/2018 4:13:31 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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To: Ken H

sounds like genocide and war crimes to me


121 posted on 07/11/2018 3:56:16 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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