Emigration talk and Haitian venture in reform era
A long heritage piece on Haitian emigration movement notes a steady flow of African Americans seeking new homes in Hayti. Letters from agents like W J Watkins recount meetings, tract distribution, and hopes for a thriving black republic, with calls to join colonies along rail lines and in Ohio towns.
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Hayti
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Mayti
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Little Miami
Clyde
E. P. Walker
Cleveland
E.P. Walker
Walker
Huyti
Watkins
Aprias
Mich
James Repratu
Maying
Cary
Ingersoll
Colored Methodist Church
America
Iruyt
New York
Haytia
D. V
J. Watkins
Maytian Emigration Bureau
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