Haiti's independence debt to France

In the podcast 'Avec Judith,' geographer and writer Jean-Marie Théodat discusses a pivotal moment in Haiti's history: the 'ransom' imposed by France in 1825. Despite winning its revolution and becoming the first black independent republic in 1804, Haiti had to pay a massive indemnity to its former colonizer for recognition.

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