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#OtD 21 Aug 1791 the Haitian revolution began as 100,000 enslaved people rose up and eventually overthrew both slavery and French rule, creating the world's first Black republic shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/a-h...

21/8/26, 9:40 am76 reposts159 likes

Lennie

@drgs100.bsky.social

21 Aug

For which Haiti is still punished today.

Vman29397

@vman29397.bsky.social

21 Aug

One that as a puerto rican who is an independence supporter i have to hear every day

Lennie

@drgs100.bsky.social

21 Aug

I am not. The only people whose business Puerto Rico's independence is is Puerto Ricans.

Vman29397

@vman29397.bsky.social

21 Aug

I was not referring to you I was talking in general

Brian Dunn@briandunn.bsky.social‬

@briandunn.bsky.social

21 Aug

And Haiti wasn't recognized by the United States until 1862.

Alan Pennie

@telston.bsky.social

21 Aug

If you can persuade the king of Spain to make you a general you can really make it as a Spartacus epigone.

Alan Pennie

@telston.bsky.social

21 Aug

I'm not the king Of Spain, But now I am his man. I'm not the king of Spain And I don't give a damn.

Alan Pennie

@telston.bsky.social

21 Aug

Incidentally, Mike Duncan's series on The Haitian Revolution is worth checking out.