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1825-Apr.-17

1825-Apr.-17: A royal ordinance from France recognizes Haitian independence in exchange for a 150 million franc indemnity.

1825-Apr.-17: A royal ordinance from France recognizes Haitian independence in exchange for a 150 million franc indemnity. This agreement initiated a long-term economic crisis as the government struggled to pay the massive debt.

Source Girard, Haiti: The Tumultuous History, 64; Trouillot, Haiti: State Against Nation, 51; Geggus, Haitian Revolutionary Studies, 28; Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 65