After two centuries, a contrite tone from President Emmanuel Macron, though no talk of reparations for French actions that ...

Haitians’ successful struggle for freedom, he added, “was in harmony with the ideals of the French Revolution and should have enabled France and Haiti to strike a common path.” His statement ...

Haiti, which declared its independence on Jan. 1, 1804, and defeated Napoleon’s army soon after, didn’t have the money to pay ...

France extracted a huge indemnity from Haiti, in exchange for recognition of its independence. This week marked the 200th ...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that historic injustice was imposed on Haiti when it was forced ...

In this authoritative, elegant biography, Daut draws a complex, contradictory portrait of Henry Christophe, also known as King Henry.

Then the French followed, and the heroic Haitians on January 1, 1804 declared independence. The revolution produced some of the most brilliant fighters in world history: Toussaint Louverture ...

"Today, on this bicentenary, we must... look history in the face. Haiti was born of a revolution... which boldly affirmed the universal principles of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Haiti's ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is to set up a joint Franco-Haitian commission to examine France's past with its former ...