Charles X’s ordinance recognized Haiti’s independence while requiring Haiti to pay 150 million francs in five annual installments to compensate former colonists for property losses. The ordinance was backed by a French naval threat and sharply reduced Haitian tariff autonomy. France described the payment as indemnity; from a decolonial perspective it transferred the costs of emancipation onto the formerly enslaved population and the new state, while compensating former slaveholders.
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What did France demand under the 17 April 1825 ordinance?
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The ordinance required Haiti to pay 150 million francs over five installments.