red.<p>Haiti declared it's independence for the first time on this day in 1803, and won it a year later. However, colonial powers have never let the world's first Black Republic to develop in peace. </p><p>From French lenders to US invaders, debt and military attack have stifled Haiti's potential ever since.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haiti</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackJacobins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackJacobins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Haitiantok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haitiantok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Haiticherie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haiticherie</span></a></p>