The Haitian revolution by far. Nothing more inspiring than a slave revolt. I am of course also partial to the Bolshevik revolution. Primarily for being the first success of its kind.
Haitian revolution is in a class of its own. It led to Haiti becoming first republic to abolish slavery in human history.
Whats the deal with that and how it is or seems to be portrayed today? Isnt it a gangsters paradise and lawless hellhole for everyone else now?
Not my opinions or facts or anything, I was just under the impression there are great troubles there currently
Well France was pretty pissed about it when it happened since it was their colony. Napoleon went back to recapture it since it was such a cash cow for the French economy but failed. This pissed France off even more so it came with warships 20 years later demanding a war indemnity which Haiti could not pay so they took loans (which had what was widely regarded as unfair terms) financed by the rest of the Western world (particularly from France and America). They finished paying back the loans in 1947.
Haiti was immediately isolated from the rest of the world since the situation had Western colonial powers shitting themselves, which has had economic impacts that reverberate into the present day (on top of the exploitative indemnity and loans).
Haiti is simultaneously the first republic to abolish slavery and unique in that it had to pay reparations for its own freedom.
Its pure unadulterated insanity. Fuck, we, The West, really suck often
Despite the fact that my ancestors were wearing red coats at the time, the American Revolution.
