Escaped enslaved Africans built free nations in the Jamaican mountains. Fought Britain for decades. Britain couldn’t win. So in 1739 they signed a legal peace treaty recognizing Maroon sovereignty.
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They removed Black elected officials at gunpoint. Appointed themselves the new government. Were never charged. The institutions they built still stand today. Wilmington, NC. 1898.
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France. Britain. Spain. Then Napoleon’s 43,000 soldiers.
Haiti defeated every single one.
The only enslaved people in history to fight for their freedom and win.
Most people have never heard this story.
Now you have. 🇭🇹
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A thriving Black town in Florida was erased in 7 days in 1923.
Most people have never heard of Rosewood.
Watch the full story here 👇
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Fred Hampton was 21 years old.
The FBI had him killed at 4am while he slept.
His fiancée was 8 months pregnant right next to him.
No charges. No convictions. No prison.👇
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Imagine letting enemy soldiers through a checkpoint because they looked, spoke, and acted exactly like your own troops.
That was the specialty of the Brandenburgers during WWII.
Full story below 👇
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Black Wall Street. The richest Black community in America.
Burned to the ground in 24 hours.
By a mob the government armed and deputised.
300 killed. 10,000 homeless overnight.
And they made sure you never found out. 👇
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The US government watched these men more closely than they watched the KKK.
They were Black veterans. They were armed. And they made the Klan turn around.
This is the story they erased from history. 👇
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The Middle East doesn’t burn because of religion. It burns because it sits on the world’s most valuable dirt. Oil. Gas. The Suez Canal. The Strait of Hormuz. Whoever controls it controls the global economy. That’s not a conspiracy. That’s geography. 👇
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