Leslie M. Alexander, "Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States" (U Illinois Press, 2022)
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The United States' Indemnity on Haiti
In order to protect Haiti and the Western Hemisphere from communist influence, the United States has to occupy the nation right so they send to the United States Marines. And for the next 19 years, you know, execute a brutal forced military occupation of Haiti by the U.S. But it sets into motion a situation where really ever since the United States government has kind of replaced Haiti, I mean, has replaced France as Haiti's puppet master, right?
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