Title Caribbean crossing : African Americans and the Haitian emigration movement / Sara Fanning

Published New York : NYU Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Series Early American places Early American places. Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Migration to Haiti in the Context of Other Contemporary Migrations -- 2. Haiti's Founding Fathers -- 3. Boyer's Recognition Project -- 4. Marketing of Haiti -- 5. Push and Pull in Haitian Emigration -- 6. Haitian Realities and the Emigrants' Return Summary "Shortly after winning its independence in 1804, Haiti's leaders realized that if their nation was to survive, it needed to build strong diplomatic bonds with other nations. Haiti's first leaders looked especially hard at the United States, which had a sizeable free Black population that included vocal champions of Black emigration and colonization. In the 1820s, President Jean-Pierre Boyer helped facilitate a migration of thousands of Black Americans to Haiti with promises of ample land, rich commercial prospects, and most importantly, a Black state. His ideas struck a chord with both Blacks and whites in America. Journalists and Black community leaders advertised emigration to Haiti as a way for African Americans to resist discrimination and show the world that the Black race could be an equal on the world stage, while antislavery whites sought to support a nation founded by liberated slaves. Black and white businessmen were excited by trade potential, and racist whites viewed Haiti has a way to export the race problem that plagued America. By the end of the decade, Black Americans migration to Haiti began to ebb as emigrants realized that the Caribbean republic wasn't the Black Eden they'd anticipated. Caribbean Crossing documents the rise and fall of the campaign for Black emigration to Haiti, drawing on a variety of archival sources to share the rich voices of the emigrants themselves. Using letters, diary accounts, travelers' reports, newspaper articles, and American, British, and French consulate records, Sara Fanning profiles the emigrants and analyzes the diverse motivations that fueled this unique early moment in both American and Haitian history"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 19th century African Americans -- Relations with Haitians -- History -- 19th century African Americans -- Haiti -- History -- 19th century Immigrants -- Haiti -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. African Americans African Americans -- Migrations African Americans -- Relations with Haitians Emigration and immigration Immigrants International relations Race relations SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century Haiti -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century United States -- Relations -- Haiti Haiti -- Relations -- United States United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century Subject Haiti United States Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 0814760082 9780814760086 9780814770870 0814770878

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