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Author:

Fanning, Sara.

Title:

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

Publisher:

NYU Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xii, 167 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--History--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--History--19th century.
African Americans--Haiti--History--19th century.
Immigrants--Haiti--History--19th century.
United States--History--History--19th century.
Haiti--History--History--19th century.
United States--Relations--Haiti.
Haiti--Relations--United States.
United States--History--History--19th century.
Noirs américains--Histoire--Histoire--19e siècle.
Noirs américains--Haïti--Histoire--19e siècle.
États-Unis--Histoire--Histoire--19e siècle.
HISTORY--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--African American Studies.--African American Studies.
African Americans.
African Americans--Migrations.
African Americans--Relations with Haitians.
Emigration and immigration.
Immigrants.
International relations.
Race relations.
Haiti.
United States.
1800-1899
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Haitian realities and the emigrants' return. Haiti's founding fathers -- Boyer's recognition project -- The marketing of Haiti -- Push and pull in Haitian emigration -- 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.

Series:

Early American places

ISBN:

0814764932
9780814764930

OCLC:

(OCoLC)876883016

LCCN:

2014005817

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)