Not unless he is appointed Territorial Governor by Congress. They could pick anyone they wanted.
I know. What I'm saying is that by paying off much of the DR's debt, Congress was paying off his debts.
Not unless he is appointed Territorial Governor by Congress. They could pick anyone they wanted.
I know. What I'm saying is that by paying off much of the DR's debt, Congress was paying off his debts.
At the very least, it would be very interesting to see how the Dominicans would be forcibly classified as blacks and whether they would embrace it and become a sub-category within the African American community or reject it.
Who knows, they might well be classified as just a kind of "colored" (as mixed race people usually were at the time). Which, of course, wouldn't really change their status at all in terms of race laws, but still.
They'd reject it vehemently. Anti-Haitianism had already seeped in and with it the racist association that black = Haitian.At the very least, it would be very interesting to see how the Dominicans would be forcibly classified as blacks and whether they would embrace it and become a sub-category within the African American community or reject it.
Which is sweet for him, no doubt, but that just gets him out of hot water, not into an estate.