thinking about how after slaves won their freedom from slavery the french would only recognize haitian independence at the price of 10x the amount the US paid for the louisiana territory (150M francs) to "compensate" french colonizers for their lost revenues from slavery
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even the british empire couldn't pay that much. literally enslavement for eternity thru debt
11:56 AM - 7 Sep 2020
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