When France extorted Haiti – the greatest heist in history
After enduring decades of exploitation at the hands of the French, Haiti somehow ended up paying reparations – to the tune of nearly $30 billion in today's money.
Hasnain says:
I just learned about this from Twitter and had to look up a written article on it. Haiti was forced compensate French colonists for the money they “lost” - the slaves were forced to pay reparations to slave owners. Sigh…
“Although the colonists claimed that the indemnity would only cover one-twelfth the value of their lost properties, including the people they claimed as their slaves, the total amount of 90 million francs was actually five times France’s annual budget.”
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“These discrepancies are the concrete consequence of stolen labor from generations of Africans and their descendants. And because the indemnity Haiti paid to France is the first and only time a formerly enslaved people were forced to compensate those who had once enslaved them, Haiti should be at the center of the global movement for reparations.”
Posted on 2021-07-10T05:06:32+0000