HIST-0028 Lecture Notes - Xyz Affair
Document Summary
Black jacobins: jeffersonian diplomacy, slavery, and the problem of haiti. Diplomats ask for money from the us to end war at sea with french. Us say diplomacy should be open, published ect. Americans see themselves as separate from european affairs. Do not get involved in world entanglements. Crisis of the time- french revolution ect. Failure caused by a slave revolt in france, gave louisiana to us which would be plagued with slavery. Significant communities of free blacks came about when people freed them before they died. Taking over spain gives him access to louisiana. Terrifies slave holders in the atlantic world. No one can hold on to this land firmly. People who revolted don"t want to go back into bondage. Napoleon wants to reassert french control here. Jefferson backs off as french goes south. Haiti isn"t recognized until much much later by us. Image of a slave revolt in the united states.
