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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.

[–]peety 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

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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".

[–]peety 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

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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.