Who are the Polish Haitians?

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It isn't immediately obvious why there would be a centuries-old connection between Poland, a country in Eastern Europe, and Haiti, the western half of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. However, a community of people exist in Haiti who are descended from Polish soldiers sent there by Napoleon to quell a slave uprising, but rather than fighting them, joined with them to defeat the French attempt to reimpose slavery and subsequently stayed on Haiti to become the 'Polone Nwa' - the 'Black Haitians.'

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:07 - Decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
2:11 - Russia, Prussia and Austria
2:54 - First Partition of Poland
3:06 - Prusso-Polish Alliance
3:53 - Second Partition of Poland
4:08 - Kościuszko Uprising
4:36 - Third Partition of Poland
4:49 - International Politics
5:12 - Magellan TV Ad
5:54 - Rob Brydon!
5:58 - Magellan TV Ad
6:36 - Polish Legions
7:23 - Shipment to Haiti
8:10 - Defection to the Rebels
10:04 - Victory
11:42 - Memes
11:58 - The First Polish Haitians
13:36 - Polish Influence on Vodou
15:10 - Polish Haitians Under the Devalier Regime
17:05 - Recent Polish-Haitian Connections
17:33 - Polish Culture in Modern Haiti
19:30 - Outro

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