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minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months ago That would be much more compelling, except for the fact that Haiti was poor and unstable even before France imposed the debt, Haiti didn’t exist before France’s debt AFAIK.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoThe debt was imposed some 30 years after the Haitian Revolution, if memory serves. Taking on the (punitive and ridiculous) debt was the condition for France recognizing Haiti’s independence, though it had been de facto independent for a generation.
Haiti didn’t exist before France’s debt AFAIK.
The debt was imposed some 30 years after the Haitian Revolution, if memory serves. Taking on the (punitive and ridiculous) debt was the condition for France recognizing Haiti’s independence, though it had been de facto independent for a generation.