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You know, the history podcast hasn’t afforded us nearly enough opportunities to talk about camels. Or long-haired rats. Thankfully for us, if not for Burke and Wills, the Victorian Exploring Expedition let us rectify the situation on Monday’s podcast.
On Wednesday’s podcast, we tackled Toussaint L’ouverture’s role in the Haitian Revolution, a years-long battle that had its roots in the French Revolution and erupted in St. Domingue in blood and fire.
The Haitian Revolution: Not a Pact with Satan
by Katie Lambert | January 14, 2010
We at Stuff You Missed in History Class try to be objective, but I find that very difficult when it comes to Pat Robertson. Recently, Robertson implied that the earthquake in Haiti was the people’s own fault for making a pact with Satan.
According to UCLA history and anthropology professor Andrew Apter, who spoke to Salon, this idea of a satanic pact comes from a misunderstanding of the voodoo ritual that’s the legendary start of the Haitian Revolution: a sacrifice of a pig to voodoo spirits.
Even without the voodoo and the devil, trust me, The Haitian Revolution is fascinating. It’s the only slave revolt that was ever truly successful.
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