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1918

1918: A new constitution is promulgated that includes a provision permitting foreign ownership of land, reversing a law that had stood since the era of Dessa…

1918: A new constitution is promulgated that includes a provision permitting foreign ownership of land, reversing a law that had stood since the era of Dessalines. This legal change was intended to facilitate American agricultural investment and the expansion of foreign corporations.

Source  ·  p. 147 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 147