richardmurray

The key in the recent publicity to Haiti is that, France didn't force Haiti or trick haiti. WHy?

Haiiti had great leadership between toussaint louverture-jean jacques dessalines-henri christophe, but after henri christophe died, the quality in leadership went down and when one country surrounds another with an army, the test of community is at one of its highest. Individuals doing for themselves will not be enough , and not everyone will be strong so you need leadership. Absent leadership you sign agreements with hostiles.

Yamiche Alcindor tweeted
https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1528112267505684480
My reply
haiti was not forced to pay france anything. the great leaders of the revolution were all dead and those who left were weak. LEaderhsip matters. Not all leaders are great. and when it comes to communal affairs, like a country owing another country, you need leaders.
Strong individuals can be strong, but when a group of people attack another group of people, the group of people being attacked must be strong as a GROUP. Not as individuals with connections of convenience.
ARTICLES to inform
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/05/1042518732/-the-greatest-heist-in-history-how-haiti-was-forced-to-pay-reparations-for-freed
NY times article
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/05/20/world/americas/enslaved-haiti-debt-timeline.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Other articles

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/french-banks-haiti-cic.html

OR try

https://nytimes.pressreader.com/article/281479280029929