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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 ...
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200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations
On April 17, 1825, Charles X, brother to Louis XVIII and the new French king, performed a sudden about-face. Charles X issued ...
Haiti still plagued by 'independence debt' 200 years later: 'We continue to pay this ransom through underdevelopment'
Haitian essayist and speaker Monique Clesca urges President Emmanuel Macron to acknowledge the 'injustice' committed two ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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How France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists — and Haitians want reparations
On Jan. 1 of this year, the now-former president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council, Leslie Voltaire, reminded France of this call when he requested that France “repay the debt of ...
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France to revisit Haiti’s post-slavery reparations two centuries on
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced he intends to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's ...