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Haiti has a troubled relationship with slavery, what with being full of slaves who were liberated thanks to the French Revolution and then reenslaved, and then freed themselves, and then made to pay reparations.
This Memorial Day, I ask you to remember the soldiers who died in the Marine Invasion of Haiti a war ::checks notes:: about invading Haiti and reinstating slavery again to build infrastructure for the United Fruit Company.
9/11 never forget they hate us for our freedom.
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