Citation
May, Robert E. The Southern Dream of a Caribbean Empire, 1854-1861. Louisiana State University Press, 1973. Google Books Link
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| 20 | Democrat George Sanders “tried to provide muskets for revolutionary leaders in Europe during the 1848 uprising”; then, as American Consul-Delegate to London, “he publicly advocated the assassination of Louis Napoleon III and gave a dinner party for Mazzini, Garibaldi, Kossuth”. Citation to: Merle E. Curti, “George N. Sanders — American Patriot of the Fifties”, South Atlantic Quarterly (1928). | |
| 25 | David Turnbull, British Consul in Havana Nov 1840-Jun 1842, “labored for a treaty between Britain and Spain that would allow a […] census of slaves illegally introduced into Cuba since 1820, with the result that these slaves would be freed.” Since these were “the bulk of the plantation slave force”, “[Rich] Cubans who favored annexation to the United States argued that it would reduce the British threat to slavery in Cuba”, and would also help since slaves could be transferred from US South to Cuba without British interference. | |
| 30 | ”From 1847 to 1853 an estimated 30,000 Chinese laborers had entered Havana.” |
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FirstAuthor:: May, Robert E.
Title:: The Southern Dream of a Caribbean Empire, 1854-1861 ShortTitle:: Year:: 1973
Citekey:: may_southern_1973
itemType:: book
Publisher:: Louisiana State University Press
ISBN:: 978-0-8071-0051-6