| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 88.2

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Book Review

African America and Haiti: Emigration and Black Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century. By Chris Dixon. (Westport: Greenwood, 2000. xii, 249 pp. $65.00, ISBN 0-313-31063-7.)

In spite of the contemporary negative image that Americans have of Haiti, that black republic has played an important role in American history that is not acknowledged outside of some scholars. African America and Haiti is a monograph by an Australian academic that is a welcome addition to the growing body of work detailing the significance of Haiti to the Americas, especially during the rise of institutional racism in the nineteenth century. 1

Acquiring civil liberties and establishing a sense of self-esteem were more difficult for black Americans in the early nineteenth century than most white Americans appreciate. While most black leaders advocated "stand-and-fight" for integration into American society, some of the more disillusioned turned toward the idea of a protectorate for blacks, a black nation that would nurture and protect blacks beyond the reach of white racism in the United States. Chris Dixon analyzes the relationship between the development of black nationalism and the desire of African Americans to seek a secure place to live. According to the author, 2

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