Haiti’s Original Sin? Freedom.

Dr. Dubois is the author of “Haiti: The Aftershocks of History.”

“Let’s go to Haiti, and how history repeats itself.” With these words, the CBS Sports commentator Nico Cantor celebrated the qualification of the Haitian soccer team for the 2026 FIFA World Cup last November, its first in over 50 years. The team’s victory over Nicaragua, he explained, had come on Nov. 18, a national holiday in Haiti.

“Two hundred and twenty-two years ago today,” Mr. Cantor said,........

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