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020			_a9780814764930 (cloth : acid-free paper)
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050	1	4	_a002 E 185.18 _bF213c 2014
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100	1		_aFanning, Sara.
245	1	0	_aCaribbean crossing : _bAfrican Americans and the Haitian emigration movement / _cSara Fanning.
260			_aNew York : _bNYU Press, _c2014.
300			_axii, 167 p. ; _c24 cm
490	0		_aEarly American places
500			_aPreviously issued in print: 2015.
520	2		_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xMigrations _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xRelations with Haitians _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _zHaiti _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aImmigrants _zHaiti _xHistory _y19th century.
651		0	_aUnited States _xEmigration and immigration _xHistory _y19th century.
651		0	_aHaiti _xEmigration and immigration _xHistory _y19th century.
651		0	_aUnited States _xRelations _zHaiti.
651		0	_aHaiti _xRelations _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xRace relations _xHistory _y19th century.
650		4	_aAfroamericanos _xMigraciones _xHistoria _ySiglo XIX.
650		4	_aAfroamericanos _xHistoria _zHaiti
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xRelaciones raciales _xHistoria _ySiglo XIX
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xRelaciones _zHaiti.
651		4	_aHaiti _xRelaciones _zEstados Unidos.
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