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The Haitian Revolution (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me

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What Do You Know About Haiti?

Haiti is a nation of about 11 million people on the island of Hispaniola. It's not something we do very much in the UK and the history curriculum. In terms of recent pop culture, the Haitian Revolution hasn't had much of a glamour showing. We start as ever with a so what do you know? And this is where I have a go at guessing what you at home might know about today's subject. My guess is you don't know much. Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807, but not the abolition of slavery itself until 1833,. which comes into force in 1834, but actually doesn't really come into force in Jamaica into 1838. So

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