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It's not just that slavery continued on the Dominican side. I think the key is that at independence Europeans in Haiti (and thus all land owners) pretty much d
by mytailorisrich 4y ago
It's not just that slavery continued on the Dominican side.
I think the key is that at independence Europeans in Haiti (and thus all land owners) pretty much disappeared, so there was redistribution among former slaves, although this wasn't fully carried out.
- onphonenow 4y agoZimbabwe had a similar land redistribution- went from breadbasket to a tough spot
- TMWNN 4y agoYes, Zimbabwe came to mind to me too. Recent history of Zimbabwe <http://imgur.com/a/VdQdD http://imgur.com/a/VdQdD>
- AbrahamParangi 4y agoDisappeared feels like a euphemism here