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St. John, Hayti, or the Black Republic, 2ed, 1889
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Hayti, or the Black Republic: 2nd ed., by Sir Spenser St. John, xxiv+389p, London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1889. (TOC follows t.p.; lacks index. This
work has been called the most negative book ever written about Haiti. It was in part to counter its widely destructive influence that the Haitian
diplomat and prolific writer J. N. Leger penned his 1907 work: Haiti and Its Detractors. {See. LLMC 31608} Critics, who accuse St. John of either deep
racism, or callous sensationalism, and more likely both, make much of the fact that in the first edition of this title, 1884, he was much less venomous.
They point out that, for this second edition, he significantly enlarged and embellished the chapters on Voodoo and cannibalism without producing any
evidence beyond hearsay reports to justify the new claims. The critics also draw directly from St. John’s own preface to the present book, where his views
on the ability of “the black man” for self-government are unabashedly retrograde {see p. xi}. Whatever one’s opinion of his writings on Haiti, Sir
Spenser did have a distinguished and lengthy career serving the British Empire: private secretary to the famous Sir James Brooke in Sarawak, 1848-55;
Consul General in Brunei, 1856-63; chargé d’affairs and Minister in Haiti, 1863-1874; chargé d’affairs and Minister in Peru, 1874-83; Minister
Plenipotentiary to Mexico, 1884-93; and Minister to Sweden, 1893-96.)
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Title:
Hayti, or, The Black republic / by Sir Spenser St. John, K.C.M.G., formerly Her Majesty's Minister Resident and Counsul-General in Hayti, now Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico.
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OCLC Number:
615193407
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Volume 1 | | Yes | No |
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