| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 91.3

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Book Review

A Proslavery Foreign Policy: Haitian-American Relations during the Early Republic. By Tim Matthewson. (Westport: Praeger, 2003. xii, 159 pp. $64.95, ISBN 0-275-98002-2.)
As the first black republic in the world, Haiti has struggled against overwhelming odds to take its place in the international fraternity of nations. Born in blood and destruction and ignored as a legitimate nation for decades, Haiti has been the pariah of a Western world that for two centuries and for various reasons has isolated it from the international community. The specter of its slave past probably darkens its destiny more than that of any other nation that had to endure slavery in the Americas. This volume, authored by an independent researcher and scholar, is a useful addition to the slowly growing body of scholarship on Haiti and its influence on the Americas.	1
Tim Matthewson's focus, as the title implies, is an examination of early American foreign policy as it relates to the events in Haiti and the American reaction to it. His thesis, focused on a study of the first three presidents' administrations, is that "The first president formulated a pro-slavery policy toward the Haitian revolution that left a legacy of racism and white supremacy in most branches of the American government." While not surprising, this thesis is documented by Matthewson's use of primary governmental sources and perhaps an overreliance on a host of more general secondary works.	. . .

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