Haiti's Influence on Antebellum America: Slumbering Volcano in the Caribbean

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HAITI'S INFLUENCE ON ANTEBELLUM AMERICA This page intentionally left blank HAITI'S INFLUENCE ON ANTEBELLUM AMERICA Slumbering Volcano in the Caribbean ALFRED N. HUNT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYPRESS BATON ROUGE AND LONDON Copyright © 1988 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designer: Sylvia Malik Loftin Typeface: Trump Medieval Typesetter: G&S Typesetters, Inc. Printer: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Binder: John H. Dekker & Sons, Inc. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hunt, Alfred N., 1941Haiti 's influence on antebellum America. Includes index. i. Haitians—United States—History—igth century. 2. Haiti—History—Revolution, 1791-1804—Influence. 3. Haiti—Foreign public opinion, American—History— I9th century. 4. Public opinion—United States— History—igth century. 5.Immigrants—United StatesHistory — igth century. I. Title. EI84.H27H86 1987 973'.O49697294 87^2488 ISBN 0-8071-1370-0 TO MY CHILDREN Meta-Margret and Brian This page intentionally left blank Might not the San Dominick, like a slumbering volcano, suddenly let loose energies now held? —Herman Melville, "Benito Cereno" This page intentionally left blank ...