Editing Benjamin Constant (section)

=== Imperialism and conquest ===
Constant was an opponent of imperialism and conquest, denouncing [[French colonial empire|French colonial policy]] in the [[West Indies]] and elsewhere as racist, unjust, and a violation of basic principles of human equality. He supported an extension of civil and political rights to non-white colonial subjects. He supported the [[Haitian Revolution|Haitian revolution]], and argued that the institutions set up by Haitians were evidence that non-Europeans could found institutions equivalent to those of Europeans. He was a staunch proponent of [[Greek War of Independence|Greek independence]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pitts |first=Jennifer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=szeU8olEDewC |title=A Turn to Empire: The Rise of Imperial Liberalism in Britain and France |date=2005 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1400826636 |pages=173–183 |language=en}}</ref>