In 1825, Haiti was forced to pay reparations to the very people who once enslaved them.

"Today, on this bicentenary, we must look history in the face," Macron said. "For France, it also means assuming its share of truth in the construction of memory, so painful for Haiti." He ...

A 1658 map of Iceland, reprinted from Abraham Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, includes a sea monster known for catching its fish through cunning. Public Domain The creature was enormous.

On April 17, 1825, Charles X, brother to Louis XVIII and the new French king, performed a sudden about-face. Charles X issued a decree stating that France would recognize Haitian independence but only ...

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In March, tennis star Naomi Osaka, who is of Haitian descent, added her voice to the chorus in a tweet wondering when France would pay Haiti back. As a scholar of 19th-century Haitian history and ...

African Diaspora International Film Festival Returns to Chicago's FACETS Film Forum with Global Lineup Honoring th ...

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As specialists in local history, Nancy Vaillancourt and Anne Peterson have gotten all kinds of questions about the lore of Steele County. Some of these questions are simple to answer — when the county ...

“It feels very rooted in humanity and a real story that Anamika brings to the table with her own really special history.” The exhibition shows more than the desecration of the mosque that it centers ...