In this passage, how do the authors use historical details to
support the claim that US political leaders' positions on
slavery impacted the relations between the United States
and Haiti? Select three options.
by explaining that the Founding Fathers held the same
beliefs about the rebellions in Haiti
Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World
The leaders of the American Revolution kept close watch as
the former slaves fought for their freedom in Haiti. But that
fight split the Founding Fathers who had their own conflicts
about how to deal with slavery in the new United States.
When John Adams was president, he sent guns and
supplies to Toussaint to help in the struggle against the
French. Thomas Jefferson, though, was terrified by the
success of the Haitian revolution.
When Thomas Jefferson succeeded Adams, he saw Haiti
only as a threat. He expected ex-slaves from the island to
spread into America, preaching freedom and rebellion to the
slaves. "Unless something is done," he warned, and soon
done, we shall be the murderers of our own children...the
revolutionary storm now sweeping the globe will be upon us,"
So he refused to recognize Haiti America's only sister
republic. In fact, it was not until 1862 that Abraham Lincoln,
by quoting Thomas Jefferson's views on the dangers of
enslaved Haitians rebelling
by describing John Adams's actions to support Haiti ini
fight against the French
by revealing the Founding Fathers' views that Haiti was
America's only sister republic
by illustrating Thomas Jefferson's view that the Haitian
rebellion could lead to a rebellion of the enslaved in
America