Feature History - Haitian Revolution (Part 2)

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Hello and welcome to Feature History, featuring Haiti again - at last!
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I did the writing, art, narration and animation. Yes I'm bad at delegating.
Intro Music by Ross Bugden
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[@FeatureHistory]

It's really hard to decide when the Haitian Revolution stopped, because it truly goes on forever. CORRECTIONS/DISCLAIMERS 0:38 - Where did Santo Domingo go? In 1795 Spain legally ceded it to the French - legally, because they never truly controlled Santo Domingo at all. 2:03 - I have stared at this drawing for so long, I honestly have no idea how to make dark skin palms look right in my art style.

[@KnooBill]

it is fine

[@AA-dn8dj]

Haitians committed genocide.

[@sigmaballsnetwork]

I have dark skin, and this looks very similar to my hand, I think you did good

[@familyandfriends3519]

Dominican republic got independence from France

[@clarensantoine2166]

It wasn’t genocide they simply replicate wtf those white pice of shitt was doing..💯💯

[@A_p_T53040]

The twice a year aussie returns

[@FeatureHistory]

Aw c'mon... this is my third video this year.

[@Coaster307]

@@FeatureHistory Dont overwork yourself mate :,(

[@tonyjesus1657]

I thought he was British…so sad 😔

[@beachass]

@@tonyjesus1657 yeah being British is pretty sad. Thank god he's not.

[@tuga_ace]

@@FeatureHistory remember quality over quantity

[@rjfaber1991]

I was half hoping there would be a part three about the period between 1808 and 1820, when Haiti was once again split in two with a northern half governed from Cap-Haïtien and a southern half governed from Port-au-Prince. There's certainly enough interesting (and dark) history in that period, and particularly in the building projects undertaken by King Henri-Cristophe in the north.

[@FeatureHistory]

I really could go on about Haiti up until the present day. Maybe I will one day, but for now it's time to put Haiti down and cover a few other topics.

[@rjfaber1991]

@@FeatureHistory Oh, I know. It really is an endless pool of interesting yet barely covered history. Anyway, I'm eagerly awaiting what you'll cover next.

[@thatoneguy7191]

2:33 I didn't know Napoleon's brother-in-law was an F1 driver!

[@haitiannationalist5165]

I’m noticing the Polish contribution is grossly exaggerated in a lot of recent reviews of the revolution. Only about 300-500 Poles switched sides to fight along side the rebels, while the other thousand or so fought alongside the French or ran away and disappeared. 500 sounds big until you realize nearly 50,000-100,000 rebels were fighting the war. And it wasn’t like the writing was not on the wall; Haitians were going to win and they did not want to be on the wrong side. They’d seen the brutality that Haitians were willing to reciprocate against the French troops that committed atrocity after atrocity against them. It was a nice gesture obviously, and it’s a very touching story, but again, grossly exaggerated.

[@jeffGordon852]

Agreed

[@nightspicer]

the 400-500 is the Poles that stayed in Haiti after the war, not the ones that switched sides. I cannot find anything about that number, but it still probably isn't the full 5k

[@donaldmusabelliu2267]

Haiti Nationalist indeed hahah

[@lenaurban7706]

the other poles who didnt switch slides actually died of yellow fever shortly after arriving to haiti

[@-Patali-]

Wrong it was the Poles who turned the tide and saved all black people

[@dean8100]

I had no clue that Napoleon's brother in law was called Charles Leclerc. As an F1 fan this is awesome!

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

This is always a great sight to see. Now we wait for 40 years, for the next one.

[@FeatureHistory]

And I hope to see you there - otherwise it wouldn't be an authentic Feature History video.

[@evanmoreno360]

An episode or two on the Mexican Revolution would be awesome!

[@galahad-history]

Glad to see you at least mentioned Polish Legions and their switch of sides. Tho its still just a tip of the iceberg of Polish-French and Polish-Haitain relations of that time ;) EDIT: For example the fact that Haitians spared the lifes of Poles during the genocide and many of their relatives still live in Haiti to this day.

[@konst80hum]

Also Haiti was the first state to recognize the Greek rebels as a state

[@theodorep9569]

Really? I never heard of this and I studied the epanastasi for years. Cool!

[@TorricRoma]

Imagine being a Greek rebel. 1‐ "Hey guys we've been recognized by the Haitians! " 2‐ "The who?" 1‐"the Haitians, they recognized us as a state" 2- "okay, so are they going to send an army to support us?" 1- "no" 2- "a navy?" 1- "no" 2- "weapons?" 1- "no" 2- "food?" 1- "no" 2- "then what are we getting?" 1- "the recognition from the state if Haiti" 2- "so essentially empty words" 1- "no, we are now recognized" 2- "okay, but I found this book giving the economic and other states of the island around 10 years ago and it says that we have more people than them, we are richer than them, and better than them in every way. So why should we care?" 1- "because they recognized us first" 2- "... I'm not going to write that down..."

[@maarekstele2998]

@@TorricRoma to be fair that's still a brave thing to do

[@Demicleas]

@@TorricRoma apparently some Haitian volunteers were sent but the ottomans massacred them in the first engagement and no further attempts were made to achualy help the Greeks.

[@SG-gf1uv]

Great content as always

[@themillermaster1]

I strongly recommend everyone read black jacobins by CLR James, it’s an excellent account of the Haitian Revolution.

[@duvsan331]

And also The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier it's also a must to read about Haitian revolution.

[@hyltonlamb6784]

A fascinating read definitely. Interesting to see how James is borderline obsessed with Toussaint as a leader and an enlightened thinker.

[@bastianx8772]

@@hyltonlamb6784 Dessalines was greater

[@carlover4239]

Brand new here - amazing video. Wishing you the best for your mental/physical health and the best for the future.

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Love your stuff

[@93deiondavis]

Good job on the videos

[@akramgimmini8165]

Finally Was very excited for your Return :D

[@micahistory]

great video, this was a very well researched and well made video

[@muhammadkhairulramadhan3037]

Can you explain the Indonesian revolution? Because the Indonesian revolution was the first independence movement in the 20th century, it was also one of the great wars after World War 2 and was also related to cold war

[@genericyoutubeaccount579]

Timeghost History did a history of the Indonesian war for independence.

[@viceregentofducanada9384]

The new intro is SO CRISP

[@nevinwood5180]

I'm really impressed how you got all this information into a crisp 8 min 👏

[@Jobe-13]

This is so cool

[@19MAD95]

The edits at 4:25 are master class.

[@thomasjimmy497]

Can you make a video about the first and second Nagarno-Karabakh wars?

[@da2nd2nn]

Wow dude! You are so brave for covering this topic. Most white people love listening to convenient lies that make them feel good about themselves. The US intentionally excludes the Haitian Revolution from it's education curriculum. I respect you so much. Thank you so for covering the Haitian Revolution. So many people still try to make a mockery of it given Haiti's continuous struggles. But they fail to acknowledge the constant foreign interventions by foreign powers (particularly France and America) that would continuously extort Haiti's people. They were never given a fair chance from the very beginning. The story of Haiti's revolution is tragic not because of the shackled hands that wrote it, but the free hands that tarnished it.

[@Wiseguy434]

right..that's so absurb , GOD is watching i can;t wait to see a new HAITI all the haters will be surprised

[@jamesshone1677]

Charles leclerc too busy crashing Ferraris to repress freed slaves

[@1949AA]

He do be repressing them monaco chicanes

[@sup3519]

I love ur video

[@paritoshd]

I'm sorry, Napoleon's brother was called what? Thank goodness he didnt send him to Monaco...

[@Diego-to5jw]

nailed it. Apparently few people noticed lol

[@cartersstuff7853]

he’s alive 🤯🤯🤯

[@mtgAzim]

I was just thinking about you yesterday. Wondering when you'd have a new video. Hope you're well! ^_^

[@talalaldokhayel6842]

Charles Leclerc later went on to Drive for Scuderia Ferrari in formula one partnering Sebastian Vettel and Carlos Sainz

[@vaclav_fejt]

He suffered a broken driveshaft on his home race last year...before he even finished the formation lap.

[@Matthias-wm8zi]

And crashed the car this year even before qualifying.

[@anecromancersperspective9309]

Your uploads keep me sane

[@FeatureHistory]

Ah, that's where my sanity must be going

[@anecromancersperspective9309]

You just made my day

[@albanianman8995]

Do a vid about Albania I subscribed

[@cryptocism]

based

[@Panzermeister36]

Great video!

[@pancakesbf2704]

Dessalines is like the Benedict Arnold of Haiti it seems. But, even though betrayal still is kinda cowardly, at least Benedict Arnold had some good reasoning(he didn’t get respect). This man just wants to be on the winning side the entire time

[@charlestaylorco8713]

I think you may be conflating Dessalines position. He was freed by Toussaint therefore loyal to him but at the time Dessalines betrayed him, Toussaint was becoming a dictator and enslaver of his own people. Then the French turned out again to have lied and not been much better so he switched again. However, in the end once he held the power, he too used it to control and not to build

[@micahistory]

please visit Micahistory 2, it would mean a lot!

[@MustaphaJawara]

Damn, Charles Leclerc is ALWAYS catching L's.

[@rexadebayo3380]

l have missed you men.

[@Theafghan258]

can you do Tajikistan civil war?

[@JohnSmith-sl2qc]

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[@JohnSmith-sl2qc]

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[@JohnSmith-sl2qc]

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[@JohnSmith-sl2qc]

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[@darjeelingoffthegourd]

nice one! can you make a video on why my parents divorce happened?

[@Praisethesunson]

It's your fault. There you go. No video required

[@darjeelingoffthegourd]

@@Praisethesunson nah i think the battle of "i fell down the stairs" would be a good topic

[@stevencooper4422]

You know what you did

[@6paths142]

@@darjeelingoffthegourd this shouldn’t have made me laugh

[@mohammadkhasimabdulmajid9992]

History of Divorces, anyone?

[@fuzzyco.3336]

That was incredible, I wonder what’s going to be next?

[@thor1696]

Finally our boi is back baby 😎

[@xessenceofinsanityx]

08:22 Nah mate, we all know it's Sydney 😎

[@beachass]

Unregistered Hypercam 2

[@kingjamal2785]

Great story

[@coleboone8826]

5:57 I’d be shocked at those melons too if I were there

[@pablovelasquez6917]

O this is so nice

[@ryannguyen2057]

As if you haven’t made a video about the Vietnam war and the Khmer Rouge

[@shadraklombard2844]

Dessalines never betray Toussaint.

[@Ti_Bond]

Go Vietnam war please!

[@generalaigullletes5830]

he did it, the return of *the king.*

[@Reptiguy100]

The last C in Leclerc is silent 😞

[@FeatureHistory]

Genuinely have 2 minutes of me trying to consistently put the silent "throat" C on Leclerc and I just couldn't man, I'm sorry damn it

[@christianweibrecht6555]

All silent front and back letters are redundant and should be erased

[@bastianx8772]

Who cares

[@antoinemaxima6036]

Haiti should have been a modern wakanda.

[@OsOQRT]

So I'm here once again to ask for the Rhodesian Bush war but I'll also take the Franco-Mexican war as consolation lol

[@joyphobic]

helping the video interaction for the algorithm

[@anasevi9456]

My problem with our big cities as an Aussie, is while they are nice, safe places to live... They are very bland when you scratch the surface. There's nothing about them that makes them special. There's no local cuisine or events you couldn't say find done better in San Diego or Miami. I can understand why some people pay a mint to live in coastal California despite all it's problems, practically every city there has several special things about it you cannot easily find anywhere else, but that's not so with Melbs. Unless you have a hard-on for trams and hook turns. I moved to far north Queensland and food and culture wise we have everything they have, but we pay 1/3rd for housing.

[@FeatureHistory]

I'll confess I'm still yet to travel much, but having recently moved into the Western suburbs I'm really enjoying it. As someone from whoop whoop I can't help but get a hard-on for the trams - and the asian food, lord help me. Going up to Sunshine Coast next month to visit so I'll hold you to your word when you say they have food just as good, haha!

[@johnj.pershingblackjack2307]

I am haitian

[@Irish0Neill]

Best KZbin channel around!

[@Hineofrhein]

Can u do vid on LTTE

[@salvadordominguez5090]

There is something I do not understand…. If you look at a map, Santo Domingo Island is divided in two countries… Haiti and Republica Dominicana, while according to you, since 1804, there is been only one nation in the island…. How come?

[@FeatureHistory]

Check out my pinned comment, the deets are in there.

[@bastianx8772]

It's not santo Domingo nor hispaniola , it's Ayiti, kiskeya the name of the island

[@daniloalves1139]

Not comparing to slavery but is work a choice in capitalism?

[@HanginInSF]

Work isn't a choice anywhere. If you aren't working then you are directly or indirectly getting the benefits of someone who is.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

You work to live whether farming or getting a salary. It's been that way since time immemorial.

[@zbigniewp1810]

​@@silverhawkscape2677 all living beings work or they die. Only a certain breed of (sub)humans would like to have their sustainance provided for free.

[@cryptocism]

@@zbigniewp1810 You kidding, everyone would like to have free stuff but society wouldn't function if it worked that way. agree with your point maybe make it more clear next time tho

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Whoops.

[@pyeitme508]

WOW

[@Praisethesunson]

Haitian revolution is based and freedom pilled.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

With a Healthy dose of French Genocide. Even killed the French that fought for him and were against Slavery.

[@Praisethesunson]

@@silverhawkscape2677 Lol found the apologist. Guess the Haitians freeing themselves should have just done what the civilized slavers had been doing for decades. Work the french to death for profit under the threat of massive torture.

[@Fitmoos]

brutal

[@Retsbol]

Fourth

[@theodorep9569]

Hardcore History anyone???

[@dirtyrat886]

E

[@sheldoniusRex]

Why has Hati never improved?

[@SchmidtyProductions27]

A lot to do with the institutions in place and the fact that it seems to be hit with a crippling storm at least once a decade. Plus, a lot of organizations that are there to try and “help” Haiti are just money laundering schemes that make the problems worse

[@daradaragon54]

for internal factors, the country suffered from great political instability due to several rivals who were fighting for power. for the external factors, France thanks to their ship more powerful than Haiti demanded a debt equivalent to 10 years of revenue in Haiti, but unfortunately shortly after the economy of Haiti collapsed and the east of the island took its independence (therefore less revenue). in the meantime to simplify Haiti and the USA have never been friends, the USA has occupied the country, sanctioning the country on several occasions. so all their profit even very little went into the pockets of the USA and France and it took 125 years to pay this debt.

[@sheldoniusRex]

Why were the institutions a problem? Why did the economy fail? Why was Hati occupied so many times?

[@SchmidtyProductions27]

@@sheldoniusRex the institutions were a problem because Haiti was unstable. This instability came from the power struggles and caused them to be unable to form a government that could bring the country to prosperity. The economy fell due to a combination of that same instability, natural disasters that consistently affect the island, and crippling occupation by the US and sanctions by the US. Haiti was occupied by the US so that they could gain a base of operations there and harvest the resources. The US was also going through the imperial phase where we expanded our colonies in order to catch up to the Europeans. It’s why we went to war over Cuba, Philippines, and Puerto Rico with the Spanish

[@robertfaucher3750]

So like, I heard there were Poles in this revolution

[@Praisethesunson]

Okay, and?

[@robertfaucher3750]

@@Praisethesunson just wanted to know a bit of their story. Like how the hell they even got there

[@Praisethesunson]

@@robertfaucher3750 The French is how they got there. There you go. Now you can go back to learning how black people liberated themselves from slavery to form the first black nation state in the New World.

[@JonWintersGold]

There were but not in a large enough number to have an influence.

[@Penguin7333]

@@robertfaucher3750 Poland gets divided in between Prussia, Russia and Austria. Napoleon fights all of those. Poles join Napoleon's army in hopes of gaining independence. Napoleon sends Poles fighting for independence to quell a rebellion fighting for independence across half the world. What could go wrong?

[@Shaco.]

And now look how bad Haiti is doing.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Did you really think a Man calling himself Emperor from president would make a stable nation's?

[@shinjinobrave]

Sad modern Wojack, dreaming about what could have been if Napoleon and Toussaint had teamed up.

[@HanginInSF]

I always wondered how Haiti became the powerhouse of commerce and innovation that it is today.

[@TheZin777]

Hahah yes... 😉

[@jeffGordon852]

Because of good people like you

[@HanginInSF]

@@jeffGordon852 You mean people who have never been within 2,000 miles of Haiti?

[@clarensantoine2166]

@@HanginInSFBecause of people like you not understanding the system that was in place to make sure the country stays poor🤦🏽‍♂️

[@HanginInSF]

@@clarensantoine2166 I'm no expert but I don't think a "system" is required to get that result.

[@Rogvist]

Not much about the impact of Polish soldiers in the war.

[@legitplayin6977]

True, as a Pole, kind of sad but hey, this is more focused on the bigger picture

[@ChevyChase301]

Well they were a small part of a one French expedition which was a small part of European involvement. Not significant in the grand scheme of things. No impact on Haitian or polish culture today.

[@legitplayin6977]

@@ChevyChase301 I mean, we got the n-word pass from that, so culturally it changed something

[@ChevyChase301]

@@legitplayin6977 if you are serious I’d suggest you say the n word to some Haitians and see what happens 😂

[@Rogvist]

@@ChevyChase301 Actually imagine a part of a legion (many died of disease), equipped with modern arms, with knowledge of European drill and warfare joining the rebels. To this day there are communities in Haiti that consider themselves Poles. So, no Sir, I do not consider them insignificant.

[@TorricRoma]

Yeah every time I hear about the Haitian revolution I cringe so hard. It was a shitshow no matter how much make up you put on it

[@greatsageequaltoheaven8115]

Keep crying about abolition imao.

[@greatsageequaltoheaven8115]

A shitshow for the slavers that's true.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

@@greatsageequaltoheaven8115 And the Genocide of 5000 French Men, Women and Children. A true White Genocide.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

The biggest mistake is to make this as clean as the American Revolution.

[@cryptocism]

@@silverhawkscape2677 Talk about victim blaiming, both sides committed genocides the French are not the victim

[@Wiseguy434]

The haitians will rise again with the power of GOD the creator of this universe don't be fooled by these demons and spiritual realms.

[@Oscar-fg8kt]

Read this and you will see how murderous and miserable Dessalines, Christophe and those who followed them were in those savage genocides.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1804_Haiti_massacre en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1805_Dominican_massacre

[@silverhawkscape2677]

But we can't have that. He's a Black hero. Portraying Former slaves as the New Tyrants is not Kosher.

[@cryptocism]

@@silverhawkscape2677 Only point out the black guy don't mind the fact that the article attached in the original comment show the savagery brutality of french oppression." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution It's history nimwit both sides committed horrific atrocities he says it in the video 4:10.

[@darjeelingoffthegourd]

SERVER CODE Sej9hVCmsN , its a server full of fans btw

[@beachass]

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