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[00:13.45] late in the 1700s
[00:14.52] the empire of france had enslaved
[00:15.84] half a million haitians
[00:17.17] island had sixty percent of
[00:17.97] earths sugar and coffee
[00:19.03] so it was a wanted location
[00:20.62] france saw potential for profit
[00:21.42] and suddenly they had high interest
[00:22.74] like loans with inflation
[00:23.81] working conditions were terrible
[00:25.13] life span was 16
[00:25.93] on all of the sugar plantations
[00:27.52] one day a man named toussaint l'ouverture
[00:28.86] went to henri christophe
[00:29.65] and said we gotta try
[00:30.98] he aint make movies
[00:31.51] but he had to warn a bro
[00:32.84] said if we don't go now we gon die
[00:34.44] gathered the slaves and then
[00:35.23] started a war against the empire
[00:36.30] because there was no alternate answer
[00:37.89] france just kept making their money
[00:38.95] their stack kept on growing
[00:39.75] like they had testicular cancer
[00:41.34] no it was not too late
[00:42.13] french army bought the bait
[00:42.94] even the states tried to help a conglomerate
[00:44.79] news outlets out in the west made a narrative
[00:46.65] said they're violent and tried to indoctrinate
[00:48.25] haiti became the first independent black republic
[00:50.28] that overcame slavery and got the state
[00:51.88] but it all came with a cost
[00:52.68] had to pay reparations to france
[00:54.00] cause they didn't cooperate
[00:55.33] over the course of 122 years
[00:57.19] they paid france 30 billion dollars
[00:58.78] they said they damaged their profits
[01:00.11] but really it's france that was keeping
[01:01.18] these slaves with some collars
[01:02.24] it doesn't make sense that theyre paying for freedom
[01:03.83] especially cause their own freedom was stolen
[01:05.69] they sent in polish soldiers just to kill em
[01:07.02] but they helped out haiti so we rock with poland
[01:09.41] late in the 1700s
[01:10.21] the empire of france had enslaved
[01:11.53] half a million haitians
[01:12.59] island had sixty percent of
[01:13.66] earths sugar and coffee
[01:14.72] so it was a wanted location
[01:16.32] france saw potential for profit
[01:17.38] and suddenly they had high interest
[01:18.44] like loans with inflation
[01:19.51] working conditions were terrible
[01:20.82] life span was 16
[01:21.62] on all of the sugar plantations
