Slavery has been a way of life in Haiti ever since Christopher Columbus and his men set foot on the island of Hispaniola in 1492. Slaves were forced to grow crops, build cities, work sugar plantations, working in gold mines and…in some cases – service the Spanish men sexually. It was common for native women and young girls to serve as sex slaves. You can read more about all of this here.

Ever since the natives greeted these…assholes with generosity and kindness in 1492, it’s pretty much done nothing but rain shit on Haiti. Seriously – can this country and its people EVER get a f—ing break?

Today, Haiti reigns as the third most enslaved country in the world, bested only by the African country of Mauritania (which is in first) and Uzbekistan, which is second, according to the Global Slavery Index. Kind of makes you wonder how Mauritania and Uzbekistan are doing the “slave” thing better than Haiti? Truly horrifiying…