Claude Ribbe
Encyclopedia
Claude Ribbe is a French writer of Caribbean
origin.
In his book The Crime of Napoleon
, Ribbe claimed that Napoleon's regime used sulfur dioxide
gas for mass execution of more than 100,000 rebellious black slave
s when trying to put down slave rebellions in Haiti
and Guadeloupe
, nearly 140 years before Hitler's holocaust.
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
origin.
In his book The Crime of Napoleon
The Crime of Napoleon
Napoleon's Crimes: A Blueprint for Hitler is a controversial book published in 2005 by French philosopher Claude Ribbe, who is himself of Caribbean origin...
, Ribbe claimed that Napoleon's regime used sulfur dioxide
Sulfur dioxide
Sulfur dioxide is the chemical compound with the formula . It is released by volcanoes and in various industrial processes. Since coal and petroleum often contain sulfur compounds, their combustion generates sulfur dioxide unless the sulfur compounds are removed before burning the fuel...
gas for mass execution of more than 100,000 rebellious black slave
Slavery
Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation...
s when trying to put down slave rebellions in Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
and Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
, nearly 140 years before Hitler's holocaust.