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Hero of Hispaniola : America's first Black diplomat, Ebenezer D. Bassett
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Hero of Hispaniola : America's first Black diplomat, Ebenezer D. Bassett

Author: Christopher Teal
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Edition/Format:   eBook : Document : Biography : English
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More than 130 years ago, Ebenezer D Bassett served as the first black US ambassador. This book secures Bassett's legacy as the first African American political figure, a man who not only altered the  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Electronic books
Biography
Additional Physical Format: Print version:
Teal, Christopher, 1971-
Hero of Hispaniola.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008
(DLC) 2008009956
(OCoLC)213408541
Named Person: Ebenezer D Bassett; Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett; Ebenezer D Bassett
Material Type: Biography, Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Christopher Teal
OCLC Number: 655066835
Description: 1 online resource (206 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill., map, ports.
Contents: Under siege --
Horns of a dilemma --
Recognition at last --
The Bassetts of Connecticut --
Black activist in Philadelphia --
Minister resident --
Annexation vexation --
Diplomatic immunity --
De'ye' mo'n gen mo'n --
Lover of justice --
Leaving Hayti --
Mr. Consul General --
A hero's return? --
Final homecoming --
Conclusion.
Responsibility: Christopher Teal.

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"This is a very readable first biography, although the author's claim that Bassett's appointment 'forever altered US foreign

policy' toward equality and democratization (p. 4) is very debatable.

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