On Jan 27, 3:43=A0pm, Tim wrote:
> On Jan 28, 1:55=A0am, rays...@webtv.net (Raymond Speer) wrote:
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> > A lot can change in American history if US ships and troops are in
> > occupation of Haiti. Neither Clay or Jackson is poised at that time to
> > admit that the "conquest" was a waste of resources. So how many Yanks
> > catch yellow fever and die? Bunch of nobodies ---- or General Andrew
> > Jackson himself? Does the USA recognize the Haitian abolition of
> > slavery, or does =A0the South pull off a spectacular, re-enslave the
> > locals, and make Haiti a slave owning terrtory of the United States?
> > Does that mean that Americans never leave Haiti?
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> Interesting if the South does pull off a spectacular by re-enslaving
> Haiti. Do they quieten Northern fears of slave-owning states being a
> majority by having an existing slave state annexing it directly rather
> than making it a territory? Louisiana seems possible - they both have
> a French background
And does Grant accept the rest of the island too? |
