The Impact of the Haitian Revolution on Black Americans
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During the Haitian Revolution, which group of people embraced the revolution as a call for full abolition and rights of citizenship denied in the United States?

  • White Americans
  • Free people of color (correct)
  • Refugees
  • Enslaved Black Americans

Who wrote an Appeal in 1829 that called for resistance to slavery and racism, and referred to Haiti as the 'glory of the blacks and terror of the tyrants'?

  • John Russwurm
  • Haytiens
  • David Walker (correct)
  • Colored American

According to the Colored American, what did the history of Haiti demonstrate about colored men?

  • They were prone to committing crimes
  • They were capable of achieving as much as white people (correct)
  • They were incapable of achieving as much as white people
  • They were not respected as citizens and foreigners

How did white leaders respond to the Black activism inspired by Haiti's revolution?

<p>They used the violence of the Haitian revolt to reinforce white supremacy and pro-slavery views (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the 'Bobalition' broadsides published in Boston in the 1810s do?

<p>They crudely caricatured African Americans (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the widespread distribution of materials like the 'Bobalition' broadsides lead to?

<p>The reinforcement of racist ideas in the nineteenth century (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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