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Revenge Taken by the Black Army for the Cruelties Practised on Them by the French

Revenge Taken by the Black Army for the Cruelties Practised on Them by the French

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This execution in Haiti simply suspends the French officer in the air, slowly strangling him to death. His struggles, emphasized by the convulsing legs, reveal the hatred visited on opponents, themselves guilty of so many atrocities.

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"Revenge Taken by the Black Army for the Cruelties Practised on Them by the French," in World History Commons, https://worldhistorycommons.org/revenge-taken-black-army-cruelties-practised-them-french [accessed March 28, 2024]