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Haitian flag in a high school in Port-au-Prince, in Haiti in 2017.

The basis for the reminiscence of slavery is satisfied: France should interact within the reparation of its slavery previous, overseas as in its abroad. This arrest is addressed to the manager on the event of the bicentennial, on April 17, of the royal ordinance of 1825 which conceded the independence of Haiti in opposition to the fee of a staggering debt of 150 million gold francs which the nation has by no means recovered.

Chaired by former socialist Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, the Foundation opened within the discretion, in 2024, a mirrored image on repairs. The Haitian author Yanick Lahens, the boss Béké (the Békés are the descendants of the slave settlers) Martinican Bernard Hayot, the Reunionese historian Prosper Eve, the scientific director of the Nantes History Museum, Krystel Gualdé … Various personalities have been introduced collectively in December 2024 on 4 working themes: the worldwide query, Discrimination, cultural restitutions. The content material of those workshops, to which The world Has entry solely, might be put on-line to be paid to public debate in a couple of days.

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