after claiming independence and abolishing slavery, haiti was forced at gunpoint to sign a contract to pay 150 million francs to france, which they paid off via loans from french banks. it took 122 years and they’ve paid somewhere between 20 and 30 billion dollars in today’s money. not only does france owe haiti all of that money back, france and america owe haiti additional reparations to make up for the years of servitude, starvation, and violence they’ve suffered at the hands of western imperialism.