Caribbean Crossing : : African Americans and the Haitian Emigration Movement / / Sara Fanning.
Shortly after winning its independence in 1804, Haiti’s leaders realizedthat if their nation was to survive, it needed to build strong diplomatic bondswith other nations. Haiti’s first leaders looked especially hard at the UnitedStates, which had a sizeable free black population that included vocalc...
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