- Creator
- Redpath, James, 1833-1891
- Call number
- Sc MG 166
- Physical description
- 2 folders
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], James Redpath correspondence, Sc MG 166, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
Abolitionist, reformer,and author. Redpath was appointed commissioner of emigration in the United States by Haitian president Geffrard in 1859. He founded the Haitian Emigrant Bureau in Boston and New York, and simultaneously published a newspaper, The Pine and Palmm (May 1861-), "devoted to the interests of freedom and of the colored races in America." He later became the Haitian Consul at Philadelphia and was instrumental in obtaining recognition of Haitian independence by the U.S. government. Letter copy book owned by James Redpath containing letters written to various government officials in the United States and Haiti regarding specific details concerning the emigration of American slaves and freedmen to Haiti.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project
Key terms
Names
Subjects
- Antislavery movements -- United States
- Haiti -- Relations -- United States
- United States--Foreign relations--Haiti
Occupations
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor
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Researchers restricted to photocopies.