the French colony of Haiti and its reliance on enslavement of Black people. It goes back to the Haitian Revolution of 1804, when these enslaved Africans revolted and freed themselves. It goes back to the French government imposing reparations—but not reparations paid to those who had formerly been enslaved. These reparations were levied against them. In other words, those who had been enslaved were forced to pay reparations to those who had enslaved them for the “theft” of their “property.” These reparations were financed by French banks and the American Citibank. The amount, twenty-one
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