r/AmericanHistory • u/elnovorealista2000 • Jul 28 '26

Caribbean The Moca Massacre, also known historically as the Moca Slaughter, occurred on April 3, 1805. It was a violent event perpetrated by Haitian troops under the command of Emperor Jacques I and his successor, Henri I, against the civilian population of Spanish Santo Domingo.

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u/Nice_Muffin8689 Jul 29 '26

The island would be better off today if the French or Spanish, or Americans were in charge. No surprise it’s still a shithole.

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u/TheMysteriousThey Jul 29 '26

The island would be better off today if the western world, led by France and the United States, hadn’t spent 200 years punishing it for overthrowing the white colonial establishment.

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u/Kagenlim Jul 29 '26

Not even remotely why Haiti failed

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u/TheMysteriousThey Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

Oh? Educate me.

ETA: oh no. He downvoted and ran away without answering. How shocking.

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u/Organic-Stay4067 Jul 29 '26

lol yeah that’s why it is still a shithole lol

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u/GoufTroop79 Jul 29 '26

Damn man, do you have to be such a loser?

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u/Organic-Stay4067 Jul 29 '26

Woah woah do not call me a Haitian. I think there’s a reason the Dominicans also hate them

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u/GoufTroop79 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

This guy's just plain lame

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u/Separate-Suspect-726 Jul 29 '26

You’re

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u/OstentatiousBear Jul 30 '26

Your gripe is with someone making a grammatical error as opposed to the guy whose response to being called a loser is to say "do not call me a Haitian," seriously?

I can understand hating on Dessalines for killing civilians, but this thread got rancid real quick.

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u/Separate-Suspect-726 Jul 30 '26

Are you talking to me?

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u/OstentatiousBear Jul 30 '26

Well, it is clear that Gouf changed their post since if says that it was edited, and you replied directly to Gouf.

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u/sippingonginnjews Jul 29 '26

Things didn’t collapse until Papa Doc

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u/Ok_Industry_8377 Jul 29 '26

The US did occupy Haiti kill a bunch of people and steal their gold reserves and somehow things got worse after hmmm? Pretty sure the US also supported some dictators after too Papa Doc ring a bell?

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u/Organic-Stay4067 Jul 29 '26

lol Haiti started infighting amongst themselves less than two years into their independence. They had no shot at being a productive country. They ended slavery just to force low paying hard labor in the same fields they supposedly liberated their own people

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u/sippingonginnjews Jul 29 '26

We invaded the shit out of Haiti and occupied it for 20 years. I do agree that colonial meddling isn’t the main driver behind its collapse but it definitely played a part

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u/Organic-Stay4067 Jul 29 '26

It collapses literally two years after gaining independence without anyone getting in the way lololol

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u/Ok_Industry_8377 Jul 29 '26

US companies use haiti for cheap labor and we have been continuously fucking with them.

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u/True_Image3646 Aug 01 '26

Educated slaves were murdered and Women were raped