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mark j. fleszar “My Laborers in Haiti Are Not Slaves” Proslavery Fictions and a Black Colonization Experiment on the Northern Coast, 1835–1846 In early August 1839 the brig America arrived at Puerto Plata on the northern coast of Haiti after two weeks at sea. On board the approximately “100 free colored” passengers, mostly ex-slaves from East Florida, cheered the end of their long journey from slavery to freedom. According to one observer the scene “[was] overwhelming to the feelings of humanity. It was an aff ecting sight to see so many young, lively, and decent looking people cordially welcomed with every manifestation of pleasure from a joyous community among whom they were to reside.” However, benevo- lent appearances can mislead, disguise, and distort actual circumstances. The arrivals simply exchanged one type of submission for another. They would become indentured laborers as part of a proslavery “colonization experiment” at Cabaret, a space carved out of the lush Haitian landscape through the eff orts of Zephaniah Kingsley, a planter and slave owner in eastern Florida. Florida’s fi rm connections to the Greater Caribbean drew the region into the complex and often contradictory changes enveloping the Atlantic World. More stringent laws regarding
The Journal of the Civil War Era – University of North Carolina Press
Published: Nov 2, 2012
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