re: #8 Buck

I heard someone else on the radio today explain that the world ganged up on Haiti because they defied Napoleon. And that Haiti was blackballed in the world because they were the first Black country to declare themselves an independent nation. The USA waited 50 years to recognize Haiti as a country…

Sure imperialism stinks in some ways, but it is harder to be independent.

The USA had to wait until slavery in the US was ended before they could recognize a nation founded by a slave uprising. This is why it was OK to recognize Liberia, which was founded with the approval of white massas looking for a place to dump their unwanted slaves.