Spaniards swarmed over to hayti, and thence expeditions were sent out in every direction, headed by private adventurers bearing their sovereign's commission.
"The South American Republics Part I of II"
Thomas C. Dawson
Black slavery in hayti was characterized by worse abuse than ever was the case in the United States; yet, looking at the condition of that republic now, it may well be questioned whether it would not have been greatly to her benefit in the end to have had slavery continue a century or so longer,-its ultimate extinction being certain,-rather than to have had her attain freedom as she actually did, with the results that have flowed from her action.
"Thomas Hart Benton"
Theodore Roosevelt
1. The large and hilly Islands of Jamaica, Cuba, hayti, Boriquen.
"The American Nations, Vol. I."
C. S. Rafinesque