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Tortuga, Haiti: The Birthplace of the Caribbean Pirate Republic

A 17th-century island off Haiti where French cattle hunters became pirates, built a republic with disability insurance, and terrorized the Spanish Empire for fifty years.

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Pirate republics, slave revolutions, and a history largely written by its enemies. Haiti's past is violent, defiant, and more complex than any headline.

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Tortuga, Haiti: The Birthplace of the Caribbean Pirate Republic

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