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May 18, 1896, is perhaps the most disappointing day in the entire history of the Haitian diaspora in the United States. Until then the diaspora had been making strides toward integrating itself into American society, with Haitian Americans serving as US Congressmen (Robert C. DeLarge, US House of Representatives, 1871–73; Alonzo J. Ransier, US House of Representatives, 1873–1875); State Representatives or Senators in the legislatures of Georgia (F. H. Fyall, Georgia House of Representatives, 1868), Virginia (George L. Fayerman, Virginia House of Representatives, 1869–1871), South Carolina (Robert C. DeLarge, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1868–1870 and Alonzo J. Ransier, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1868–1870) and Louisiana (Felix C. Antoine, Louisiana House of Representatives, 1868–1872, and César C. Antoine, Louisiana State Senate, 1868–1872); and as Lieutenant-Governors in Louisiana (César C. Antoine, 1872–1876) and South Carolina (Richard H. Gleaves, 1872–77).
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Laguerre, M.S. (1998). Introduction. In: Diasporic Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26755-2_1
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