Africans in America; Interview with Julius Scott, Professor of History, New York University
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Episode Number: 103Julius 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, reloction 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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