From Pawn to Perceived Threat: Revisiting Rayford Logan’s Analysis of Haitian-American Relations

As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its independence—the first independence in the Americas—I had the opportunity, during a panel at the annual conference of the Organization of American Historians (OAH), to revisit a landmark work in the historiography of Haitian-American relations: The Diplomatic History of the United States with Haiti, 1776–1891, published in 1941 by Rayford Logan through the University of North Carolina Press.

From Pawn to Perceived Threat: Revisiting Rayford Logan’s Analysis of Haitian-American Relations

Rayford W. Logan (en 1948)
Photo : Scurlock Studio Records

As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its independence—the first independence in the Americas—I had the opportunity, during a panel at the annual conference of the Organization of American Historians (OAH), to revisit a landmark work in the historiography of Haitian-American relations: The Diplomatic History of the United States with Haiti, 1776–1891, published in 1941 by Rayford Logan through the University of North Carolina Press.

Rayford W. Logan (January 7, 1897 – November 4,

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