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</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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