It's like reverse reparations. The Haitians had to pay for freeing themselves, and it wasn't until 1947, more than a 150 years later, that they finally settled

It's like reverse reparations. The Haitians had to pay for freeing themselves, and it wasn't until 1947, more than a 150 years later, that they finally settled the debt. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_debt_of_Haiti https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_debt_of_Haiti