Note that the "property" that the Haitians had confiscated from the French included, in the opinion of the French government, the Haitians themselves. So the Fr

Note that the "property" that the Haitians had confiscated from the French included, in the opinion of the French government, the Haitians themselves. So the French, in effect, forced the Haitians to pay for the right not to be slaves.