Toussaintâ??s Clause : The Founding Fathers and the Haitian Revolution /

In its formative years, America, birthplace of a revolution, wrestled with a volatile dilemma. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and many other founding fathers clashed. What was to be the new republic's strategy toward a revolution roiling just off its shores? From 1790 to 1810...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brown, Gordon S., 1936- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Toussaint Louverture, > approximately 1743-1803.
Toussaint Louverture, > 1743-1803.
Founding Fathers.
Revolts.
Slaves (economy)
Revolutions.
Foreign relations.
Aussenpolitik
Diplomatic relations.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
15.85 history of America.
Haiti.
United States.
USA
Haiti
Haïti > Histoire > 1791-1804 (Revolution)
Haïti > Relations exterieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > Haïti.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 1789-1809.
Haiti > History > Revolution, 1791-1804.
Haiti > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Haiti.
United States > Foreign relations > 1789-1809.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In its formative years, America, birthplace of a revolution, wrestled with a volatile dilemma. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and many other founding fathers clashed. What was to be the new republic's strategy toward a revolution roiling just off its shores? From 1790 to 1810, the disagreement reverberated far beyond Caribbean waters and American coastal ports. War between France and Britain, the great powers of the time, raged on the seas and in Europe. America watched aghast as its trading partner Haiti, a rich hothouse of sugar plantations and French colonial profit, expl.
Notas:"An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book."
Descripción Física:1 online resource: map
ISBN:9781604736977

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