Napoleon and the Triangular Economy

Jean-Jacques Desiline had been friends, had been an ally with Napoleon. He's seen what happens to two San Louverture and thinks, right, okay, so it's war. So the violence backfires really. Why? Because first of all, if you want to commit genocide in your colony, who's going to do the work? It's a bit like immigration policies now, right?"

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