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By the following day, although still stung, the ever-pragmatic [[Toussaint]] accepted the fact that he would be dealing with Lear from then out, and went so far as to state his wish for continued good relationships with the U.S. | By the following day, although still stung, the ever-pragmatic [[Toussaint]] accepted the fact that he would be dealing with Lear from then out, and went so far as to state his wish for continued good relationships with the U.S. | ||
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Revision as of 23:29, 14 October 2005
Tobias Lear - U.S. Consul General to Saint-Domingue. After being elected (in 1801) as President of the U.S., Thomas Jefferson replaced the U.S. representative Dr. Edward Stevens with Lear, who had been George Washington's personal secretary.
Whereas Stevens had gone to Saint-Domingue with "full diplomatic powers, in effect recognizing Toussaint's government," Lear arrived in Saint-Domingue on 4 July 1801 with no such papers, only an ordinary commission. Toussaint immediately reacted to the snub from the U.S. government, which "confirmed (his) suspicion that Jefferson had no intention of regarding him as an equal, nor of supporting the sovereignty of the new state."
By the following day, although still stung, the ever-pragmatic Toussaint accepted the fact that he would be dealing with Lear from then out, and went so far as to state his wish for continued good relationships with the U.S.
See Also
References
- Public Broadcasting Service http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h491.html