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Don't really get the 'wooden doors' meme. French gassed black soldiers in Haiti
| Lemon diverse gaping | 05/12/24 |
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Date: May 12th, 2024 3:21 PM Author: Lemon diverse gaping in wooden ships:
By October, the fighting had reached such a stalemate that Leclerc wrote to Napoleon recommending a "war of extermination" against the black population of the colony. The same month, Dessalines and Christophe defected, along with prominent free person of color Alexandre Pétion, who had come with Leclerc’s forces from France. Leclerc’s successor, General Donatien Rochambeau, responded to the defections by murdering his own black troops and gassing prisoners with burning sulfur in the holds of ships. Rochambeau’s atrocities solidified opposition to the French forces and drove the remaining loyal black troops into the ranks of the rebels, who now called themselves the "indigenous army." |