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France’s president says that making Haiti pay for its independence was unjust
President Emmanuel Macron also announced the creation of a joint French-Haitian historical commission to 'examine our shared ...
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Issue of Haitian reparations paid to France back on the table, 200 years on
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced he intends to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's ...
French-Haitian panel to study ex-colony's history
The French president announced the commission on the 200th anniversary of France ordering Haiti to pay a debt for its freedom.
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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 ...
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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 ...
Macron says joint Franco-Haiti commission will examine 'painful' past
PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron is to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's past ...
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 the debt, Daut points out in her book. The French government required the ...
French government faces calls for slavery reparations
The Foundation for the Memory of Slavery has called on France to address the sensitive issue of reparations for its colonial ...