Caribbean Crossing: African Americans and the Haitian Emigration Movement

186 Pages·2015·1.4 MB·English

by  Sara Fanning

Caribbean Crossing
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Caribbean Crossing
African Americans and the Haitian
Emigration Movement
sara fanning
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 Migration to Haiti in the Context of Other
Contemporary Migrations 17
2 Haiti’s Founding Fathers 25
3 Boyer’s Recognition Project 41
4 The Marketing of Haiti 59
5 Push and Pull in Haitian Emigration 77
6 Haitian Realities and the Emigrants’ Return 99
Conclusion 119
Notes 125
Index 159
About the Author 169