The Seditionist

Did you know that Haiti was forced to pay France the equivalent of over 20$ billion U.S dollars from 1825 when the Haitian people won their independence by force of arms?

Did you know this was to compensate French slave owners for loss of Haitian property? Did you know that these repayments were enforced by a Franco-British economic blockade of Haiti?

Did you know that by 1900, Haiti was spending 80% of its state budget on ‘repaying’ France for the loss in slaves and conquered land?

Did you know that these repayments continued until 1947?

Seems a much better explanation for Haiti’s abject poverty than a deal with the devil.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti#Treaty_of_Ryswick_and_slave_colony
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=111&sid=1865152
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17130

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