Haiti is the first country to end slavery and the second country in the New World to end colonial rule. The Caribbean island ...

A newspaper expose has reignited debate over the ongoing legacy of debts that Haiti was forced to pay to former colonial ruler France in the 19th century — but the country’s elites are ...

France's president says that making Haiti pay for its independence was unjust Students attend a French writing class at the Wesleyenne Regard Divin co-ed primary and middle school in Port-au ...

Napoléon Bonaparte came to power in France in 1799, in the wake of the enormous slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue that forced the French to grudgingly abolish slavery in all their colonies in 1794.

Haiti officially declared its independence from France in 1804. In October 1806, the country was split into two, with Alexandre Pétion ruling in the south and Henry Christophe ruling in the north.

Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haiti's founding father, proclaimed the country's independence from France on Jan. 1, 1804, after a 12-year war. One of his first executive orders was intended to prevent ...

And whereas the gross domestic product per capita – the best measure of a country’s standard of living – is $44,690 in France, it’s a mere $1,693 in Haiti.

When the Afro-descendent population of Haiti rose up in a major rebellion in 1791, France—bubbling with its own Revolution of 1789—nonetheless denied the Haitians of their freedom and fought ...

Ship captains from the American colonies brought news to colonial Haiti for over a year before France formally joined the war: Their tales highlighted George Washington's brilliance as a commander ...

We haven’t even gotten into the U.S. occupation from 1915 to 1934 and Haiti’s dictator family, both of which further looted the country. It was one crisis after another inflicted on Haitians.

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 ...

Haiti What the French Really Owe Haiti Compensation for a history suffused with violence that left physical wounds and psychological trauma. Marlene L. Daut June 13, 2022 Haitian President Jean ...