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>> The reason for that was the genocide carried out against non-black Haitians. That seems over the top to call a slave revolt genocide against the opressing g
by phkahler 5y ago
>> The reason for that was the genocide carried out against non-black Haitians.
That seems over the top to call a slave revolt genocide against the opressing group.
- koheripbal 5y agoThey systematically murdered every last white person in Haiti - whether they were involved with the French or not. Women and children included. It was very literally genocide. There's no other word for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1804_Haiti_massacre#Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1804_Haiti_massacre#Massacre
- whydoibother 5y agoOr its called expelling invaders and slavers from your country. And no, it literally isn't genocide. They weren't eradicating the French as a whole. They were removing the ones that decided to colonize and enslave them. By your definition, any targeted mass killing would be genocide, which isn't true at all and dilutes the word.
- selimthegrim 5y agoThe Poles who switched sides and fought with the Haitians seem to get ignored for some reason.