French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity to France in exchange for its independence 200 years ago.

Two hundred years ago, on 17 April 1825, France officially recognised Haiti’s independence. It should have been a moment of pride for the world’s first country born from a successful slave revolt.

“France granted an independence that had already been hard-won in 1804, on condition that Haiti gave it privileged access to its wealth and compensated the former colonists,” adds Thomas ...

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Nor did he mention France’s ransom demand from Haiti. Colonial oppressor. Still, France’s role as a colonial oppressor and its fraught history with Haiti is increasingly being recognized in ...

In 1825, France extracted a huge indemnity from Haiti, in exchange for recognition of its independence. This week marked the 200th anniversary of that indemnity agreement. Haiti’s former ...

France forced Haiti to pay 150 million gold francs to former slaveowners for recognizing its independence, a debt that drained Haiti's resources, hindered development, ...

Two centuries to the day after France imposed a crippling debt on Haiti in exchange for its independence, a UN forum has heard calls for the restitution of what has long been described as a “ransom” ...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity to France in exchange for its independence ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity to France in exchange for its independence 200 years ago ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced to pay a colossal indemnity to France in exchange for its independence 200 years ago.