A Haitian law dated 27 August 1860 established an immigration program for people of African or Indigenous descent, including Black people in the United States facing slavery and racial violence. The law offered passage and potential land grants under stated conditions, reflecting Haiti’s role as a sovereign Black republic and a possible refuge. The program involved logistical limits and financial obligations; it should be read as a state initiative shaped by its own economic and settlement goals, as well as by the dangerous conditions from which migrants sought to escape.
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