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After Haiti won its war of Independence, the looser got paid, the winner got screwed!

Here is something interesting... Usually, in a war, the victor demands reparations or indemnities or tribute from the loser nation. But we all know that's not what happened to Haiti after she won his war of independence!

Neg Mawon - Haiti Monument
Neg Mawon - Haiti Monument

In the case of Haiti, France, the loser nation, demanded money from Haiti, the victor in the war, for its loss of property during the revolution, the property being Haitian slaves, i.e., the people who won the revolution. And also for the plantations.

Haiti France Reparations Controversy

This was the response of Amy Wilentz, a journalist who spent 30 years reporting on Haiti when she was asked the question: After 1804, when Haiti declared its independence, France required that Haiti pay an indemnity, reparations. For what?

I guess when you are small black nation like Haiti, even when you win, you lose.

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B says...

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