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France Acknowledges Devastating Effect of Debt Imposed on Haiti for Freedom
After two centuries, a contrite tone from President Emmanuel Macron, though no talk of reparations for French actions that ...
France forced Haiti to pay for independence. 200 years later, should there be restitution?
Haiti, which declared its independence on Jan. 1, 1804, and defeated Napoleon’s army soon after, didn’t have the money to pay ...
France's president says that making Haiti pay for its independence was unjust
French President Emmanuel Macron says it was an injustice imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity in ...
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Joint commission to examine Haiti's independence payment to France
A joint commission of French and Haitian historians will examine the contentious issue of the huge sum that Paris forced its ...
200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations
After being exploited for decades by France, Haiti ended up forking over huge sums of money to its former colonizer. Now, the ...
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How France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists — and Haitians want reparations
France extracted a huge indemnity from Haiti, in exchange for recognition of its independence. This week marked the 200th ...
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200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations
In March, tennis star Naomi Osaka, who is of Haitian descent, added her voice to the chorus in a tweet wondering when France would pay Haiti back. As a scholar of 19th-century Haitian history and ...
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France and Haiti: A Historical Reckoning
French President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a joint Franco-Haitian commission to assess the historical ...