Fugitive Slaves from Turks and Caicos (Haiti)

One of the cool things in the Digital Collections of the New York Public Library is seeing evidence of the Haitian government's defense of its free soil policies in the 19th century. In this case, the president of Haiti stood by the state policy of immediately emancipating slaves from Turks & Caicos. Migration of Turks & Caicos to northern Haiti continued after emancipation in the British colonies, too.