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They also fucked over Haiti.
The Failure of the American Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934
Primitive African Peasants
American officials who entered Haiti in 1915 came with preconceived ideas about the African race and its capacity for self-government.[18] In addition to skewed racial perceptions[19], the Americans also arrived believing that their role was, among other things, to teach a recalcitrant child nation to behave like a mature, democratic nation. Americans believed the Haitians to be primitive African peasants to whom they had a duty to develop their political capacity,[20] and whom they would teach to govern so that Haiti would be fit to enter the family of nations.[21] Smedley Butler, Colonel at the time, explained how the Marines saw themselves as the trustees of a huge estate that belonged to minors[22]. With such a mind-set, the United States set out to spread the blessings of a stable government of law[23] in Haiti.
A sovereign nation, mind you.
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Black History
François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, also Toussaint Bréda, Toussaint-Louverture, or Toussaint L'ouverture (20 May 1743 7 April 1803), was the leader of the Haitian Revolution. His military genius and political acumen led to the establishment of the independent black state of Haiti, transforming an entire society of slaves into a free, self-governing people.[1] The success of the Haitian Revolution shook the institution of slavery throughout the New World.[2]
Toussaint Louverture began his military career as a leader of the 1791 slave rebellion in the French colony of Saint Domingue. Initially allied with the Spaniards of neighboring Santo Domingo, Toussaint switched allegiance to the French when they abolished slavery. He gradually established control over the whole island, expelled British invaders and used political and military tactics to gain dominance over his rivals. Throughout his years in power, he worked to improve the economy and security of Saint Domingue. He restored the plantation system using paid labour, negotiated trade treaties with Britain and the United States and maintained a large and well-disciplined army.[3]
In 1801 he promulgated an autonomist constitution for the colony, with himself as governor for life. In 1802 he was forced to resign by forces sent by Napoleon Bonaparte to restore French authority in the former colony. He was deported to France, where he died in 1803. The Haitian Revolution continued under his lieutenant, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who declared independence in 1804
You mean the idiot that destroyed the jewel of the Caribbean and slaughtered thousands of innocent whites? No matter if they were children? One of the reasons that the place is such a shit hole it is today.
This dumb ass couldn't even hold onto the entire island either as it fall into civil war not long afterwards. LOL
What do you have to say for yourselves?
Right. And Thomas Jefferson had the island blockaded along with European allies, to starve the Haitians into submission, but they never submitted, and became impoverished, even unto today, it remains the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. White hate and contempt at its' extreme.