Bibliograph

Thomas Jefferson's Haitian policy, myths and realities, Arthur Scherr

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Thomas Jefferson's Haitian policy, myths and realities, Arthur Scherr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thomas Jefferson's Haitian policy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

900594619

Responsibility statement

Arthur Scherr

Sub title

myths and realities

Table Of Contents

Introduction : Jefferson, historians, and the West Indian Revolution -- The Adams administration and Haiti : the diplomacy of ambiguity -- Jeffersonian ambivalence : Haiti, Africa, Louisiana -- President Jefferson formulates his Haitian policy : the Pichon "interview" -- "An important and dangerous colony" : Jefferson confronts the Haitian conundrum -- Jefferson's policy, 1801-1802 : peace with France and cautious support for Louverture -- Jefferson's administration and the West Indian prisoners of war -- Jefferson's quest for trade and empire leads to Haiti -- Jefferson rejects a Haitian trade embargo -- Jefferson and Congress embargo the arms trade to Haiti -- Haiti's trade with the United States : a summary -- Political origins of the Democratic-Republican Haitian "nonembargo" : foreign and domestic -- The Penelope Case and the failure of the Haitian embargo -- Jeffersonian antislavery? The stillbirth and death of the Haitian embargo -- The unlikely panacea : Haiti in Jefferson's last years : part I -- The unlikely panacea : Haiti's role in Jefferson's last years : part II -- Conclusion

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