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HOLD EVERYTHING.

Did y’all know that after the Haitian revolution -in which the slaves fought and died to liberate themselves- the French government made *them* pay reparations?

The former SLAVES had to pay FRANCE the equivalent of $22 billion in today’s money.
That is some bullshit. How do you even fix your mouth to tell a country full of slaves they owe you money?!

Its 200 years later and I am mad as hell right now.
It took them 122 years to pay it off. That is a set up.

Haiti was the richest economy in the Western Hemisphere because of sugarcane slavery.

They made sure that as the first free black country, it was the poorest.
And we never even got our 40 acres and a mule.
This put me to bed. I am literally in bed now and the world is cancelled. Throw it in the trash.
I am an avid history buff. To the point where it’s become a part of my actual career. And do you know where I learned this Haiti reparations shit?

@ConanOBrien’s new @netflix show #ConanWithoutBorders His Haiti episode is incredible. So add the redhead to ur #BlackHistoryMonth
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