Caribbean Crossing
African Americans and the Haitian Emigration Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9403300 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sara Fanning (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 167 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Caribbean crossing (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | New York University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18574/nyu/9780814764930.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4230345705 |
| ISBN | 9780814764930 |
| Open Library | OL27174970M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
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 as 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. This book 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, this text profiles the emigrants and analyzes the diverse motivations that fueled this unique early moment in both American and Haitian history
Geography · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · 19th century · African American Studies · African americans · Discrimination & Race Relations · emigration and immigration · Ethnic Studies · General · Haiti · History · Immigrants · International Relations · Migrations · North america · race relations · Relations · Relations with Haitians · Social Science · united states
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |