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200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations

  • Written by Marlene L. Daut, Professor of French and African American Studies, Yale University
imageA French propaganda engraving from 1825 depicts King Charles X bestowing freedom on a Black man kneeling before him in chains.'S.M. Charles X, le bien-aimé, reconnaissant l’indépendance de St. Domingue,' 1825, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Cabinet des Estampes, CC BY-SA

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