Comments by "Stephen Jenkins" (@stephenjenkins7971) on "Slave Rebellions be like" video.

Yeah this was a weird war. The US was ostensibly supporting Toussaint Louverture, and even gave Haiti free trade rights even while its ostensible colonial master in France was unofficially at war with the US, despite technically being an ally. Revolutionary France was wild.
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@Lucas_07-PL True, but then you can't say that "Poland always manages to be on the right side of history". Because that is basically untrue...for everyone involved.
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While this doesn't absolve them, the slaves generally were treated even more ruthlessly. With many slaves and their families burned alive or broken on the wheel for rebellion. While its understandable that the white nations refused to trade after that, it isn't like the Haitians went apeshit for no reason.
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1) Haiti was already destroyed post-Independence due to destroying their economy in the conflict 2) Haiti literally invaded the Dominican Republic in the midst of independence; they have no room to complain to begin with Not saying Haiti deserved it, but the Yanks have nothing to really be ashamed of. 'Tis politics.
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@sherlocksmuuug6692 Incorrect, the US backed the new Haitian government initially and even allowed trade to Haiti while there was an unofficial war between the US and France during the Napoleonic Wars; even firing on Toussaint Louverture's enemies with US ships. The break when the US refused to trade with Haiti was when Louverture died and the new Haitian government enacted a genocide on French whites still in the country. Which, yeah, is pretty reasonable.
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@badfoody And? Many nations owe their independence to others, that doesn't make them vassals for the rest of time. Look up the Quasi War; France was being very liberal in how they were treating the US, leading to conflict. Though ultimately the British took more liberties, leading to the War of 1812.
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@andrewjacksondidnothingwro7775 Not even. Throughout the conflict the US utterly dominated the Vietnamese militarily; this was more akin to the Winter War.
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