Africans in America. Brotherly love. Part 3

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Julius Scott is interviewed about Haiti in 1790, Saint-Domingue as important trading port for the US, Haitian Revolution eliminates slavery, fears of US plantation owners, relocation of Haitian refugees, legal efforts to keep black Caribbeans out of ports and stop communication of news from Haiti, 1798 ships arrive in Philadelphia from Saint-Domingue,Thomas Jefferson's apprehension about a black republic,Toussaint L'Ouverture, Napoleon's influence in the Caribbean, Haiti independence, John Brown Russwurm, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the Louisiana Purchase.

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75 minutes

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Alexander Street

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