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[–]peety 15 insightful - 3 fun15 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 3 fun -  (14 children)

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[–]hevo4ever-saidit 5 insightful - 7 fun5 insightful - 6 fun6 insightful - 7 fun -  (12 children)

Not true. Haiti was the first nation to make slavery illegal.

[–]Chipit 18 insightful - 3 fun18 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Haiti didn't set sail into the oceans and stop the slaving trade by boarding vessels on the high seas. Britain? Did.

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[–]beermeem 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

/u/ChipIt for the win!

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No. Haiti was populated by almost ENTIRELY slaves. They were the dregs the slavers couldn't sell, unloaded before returning to Africa for new "inventory".

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Looks like you are nitpicking for no reason.

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It's not so much disagreeing, as adding to the amplitude of what was expressed by yourself. It's like somebody says "it's freezing" and somebody says "no, it's a lot colder than just freezing". But whatever dude.

[–]peety 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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Yeah except you can buy a whole village of Haitians for $50,000. Sold by... Haitians. They'll sell their ENTIRE VILLAGE for that sum.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is true, and they've been punished for it ever since.

Literally.

[–]GConly 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

the fact that slavery has an open market on the northern african coast today

Sadly true. I've seen hidden cam footage of auction blocks for migrants who couldn't pay the traffickers to get them across the Med.