"Capitalizing on the situation, the Haitian consul at New Orleans, P.E. Desdunes, a free man of color, began to recruit free Black refugees from Attakapas and Opelousas for resettlement in Haiti." (1859) #CreoleStudies #LouisianaStudies #HaitianStudies #BlackStudies
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"Desdunes offered as inducements for Haitian settlement, free transportation to the Black republic, and assurance of social equality, and political rights and opportunities unavailable to them in Louisiana." #CreoleStudies #LouisianaStudies #HaitianStudies #BlackStudies