02878nam 2200601 a 450 991045787630332120200520144314.01-283-43464-497866134346471-60473-697-6(CKB)2550000000082381(EBL)840331(OCoLC)774384393(SSID)ssj0000600137(PQKBManifestationID)11939933(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600137(PQKBWorkID)10598946(PQKB)11408623(MiAaPQ)EBC840331(Au-PeEL)EBL840331(CaPaEBR)ebr10529427(CaONFJC)MIL343464(EXLCZ)99255000000008238120040504d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrToussaint's clause[electronic resource] the founding fathers and the Haitian revolution /Gordon S. BrownJackson University Press of Mississippic20051 online resource (334 p.)Adst-Dacor Diplomats and Diplomacy Book"An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book."1-57806-711-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-315) and index.July 1790 -- St. Domingue -- White cockade, red cockade -- The cost of neutrality -- Trouble with Britain -- Trouble with France -- Toussaint's clause -- Creating a quarantine -- The St. Domingo station -- Jefferson equivocates -- The Leclerc expedition -- St. Domingo and Louisiana -- A risky trade -- The clearance act debate -- The trade suspended -- Embargo and neglect -- Epilogue.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, explAdst-Dacor Diplomats and Diplomacy BookUnited StatesForeign relations1789-1809United StatesForeign relationsHaitiHaitiForeign relationsUnited StatesHaitiHistoryRevolution, 1791-1804Electronic books.327.7307294/09/033Brown Gordon S.1936-963562MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457876303321Toussaint's clause2184803UNINA