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Chadouken reacted to scorp in The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread
And don't forget about my boy Kosciuszko!
Before Kościuszko left for France, he collected his back pay, wrote a will, and entrusted it to Jefferson as executor.[98][100] Kościuszko and Jefferson had become firm friends by 1797 and thereafter corresponded for twenty years in a spirit of mutual admiration. Jefferson wrote that "He is as pure a son of liberty as I have ever known."[104] In the will, Kościuszko left his American estate to be sold to buy the freedom of black slaves, including Jefferson's own, and to educate them for independent life and work.[105]
Several years after Kościuszko's death, Jefferson, aged 77, pleaded an inability to act as executor due to age[106] and the numerous legal complexities of the bequest. It was tied up in the courts until 1856.[107] Jefferson recommended his friend John Hartwell Cocke, who also opposed slavery, as executor, but Cocke likewise declined to execute the bequest.[106]
The case of Kościuszko's American estate reached the U.S. Supreme Court three times.[note 5] Kościuszko had made four wills, three of which postdated the American one.[109]
None of the money that Kościuszko had earmarked for the manumission and education of African Americans in the United States was ever used for that purpose.[110] Though the American will was never carried out as defined, its legacy was used to found an educational institute at Newark, New Jersey, in 1826, for African Americans in the United States. It was named for Kościuszko.
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Chadouken reacted to scorp in The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread
We went against Napoleon's wishes and allied with the rebelling Haitians. Not sure what this has to do with Belgium lol
It's a pretty sweet history.
Dating back to the Haitian Revolution, the Polish influence started in the town of Cazale. In 1802, Napoleon added a Polish legion of around 5,200 to the forces sent to Saint-Domingue to fight off the slave rebellion. However, the Poles were told that there was a revolt of prisoners in Saint-Domingue. Upon arrival the Polish platoon soon discovered that what was actually taking place in the colony was a rebellion of slaves fighting off their French masters for their freedom.
During this time, there was a familiar situation going on back in their homeland as these Polish soldiers were fighting for their liberty from the occupying forces of Russia, Prussia and Austria that began in 1772. As hopeful as the Haitians, many Poles were seeking union amongst themselves to win back their freedom and independence by organizing an uprising.
As a result, many Polish soldiers admired their opponents, to eventually turn on the French army and join the Haitian slaves. Polish soldiers participated in the Haitian revolution of 1804, contributing to the establishment of the world's first free black republic and the first independent Caribbean state. For their loyalty and support in overthrowing the French, the Poles acquired Haitian citizenship after Haiti gained its independence.
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Chadouken got a reaction from Deadly_Raver in The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread
It certainly makes it easier when familiar people are here to interact with. I'm still keeping tabs on SRK, mainly because Sonic is still there with the breaking vidja game news, and a couple other folks who I haven't seen here like RSG3 and Hawkingbird who I would still like to keep in touch with.
Plus, the Election Thread 🤣
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Chadouken reacted to Disciple0fAnrky in The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread
Imma just go around erasing post at random so some of ya'll stay at level 1 👀
rockb modding 101
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Chadouken reacted to Foolinfection in The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread
This site looks far and away nicer than SRK currently does. Shit, I haven't been logged in here since around the time the site was created. Back when SRK was announced to shut down in 2018. In all honesty, migrating to this site just feels like a natural move for anyone that still uses SRK. The people that own and run SRK obviously don't care about it. I've lost count of how many times over the years that the community has been given false promises as far as improving the site. Many people have always been vocal about what would make the place better and it has always fallen on deaf ears. Even after agreeing to keep the forums going and making changes, the Cannons never followed through. I'll probably continue lurking SRK with the occasional posts every now and then as always. But as far as Mega Shock is concerned, I say bring on the blackjack and hookers!!
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Chadouken got a reaction from Deadly_Raver in The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread
No shit?! RIP one of the GOATs.
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Chadouken got a reaction from DangerousJ in The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread
LMAO.
I gotta be getting close to lvl4 tho 👀
Edit: YES!!
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Chadouken reacted to M A R T I A N in The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread
Thumbs down isn't tied to any forum functions, right?
One of the most egregious things about old SRK was the negative buttons actually hiding posts once it got neg bombed enough.
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Chadouken got a reaction from Hawkingbird in The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread
I see you giving me thumbs down @odin
Enjoy level 1 you pleb 😤
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Chadouken got a reaction from scorp in The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread
I see you giving me thumbs down @odin
Enjoy level 1 you pleb 😤
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Chadouken reacted to Sonero in The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread
Please don't.
He'll interpret that as me starting s--t. It'll just set him off even more on his line of thinking that I am the reason for all his SRK misfortunes.