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17
April
2025

France announces a joint commission to examine the indemnity’s history and impact

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📅 17 April 2025 📍 Haiti

On 17 April 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged that the 1825 indemnity imposed a price on Haitian freedom and announced a mixed Franco-Haitian commission of historians. The commission was tasked with examining the history and effects of the indemnity and proposing steps concerning the shared past. The announcement opened an official historical process but did not promise restitution or reparations payments; Haitian claims remained active and contested.

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People in this event

Emmanuel Macron

Haitian and French historians

Haitian people

Organizations in this Event

Presidency of the French Republic

Government of Haiti

Franco-Haitian historians’ commission