How Haiti helped build Philadelphia
REBLOGGED! This post brings up information that I encountered while reading Dubois’ “Haiti: The Aftershocks of History”, a fantastic book that all history lovers should read! Haiti is long overdue for reparations and respect.
by Stephen Millies
The wealth produced by enslaved Africans in Haiti, Guadeloupe and Martinique made French capitalists rich. Even before the 1789 bourgeois revolution, France had 3,000 miles of canals and the beginnings of industry.
Haiti also helped bu...
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