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In 1804, Haitian Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the massacre of every remaining French person in Haiti (including women and children). What effect did this have on the public opinion towards slavery in the United States? Did it result in Americans becoming more fearful of abolitionism?

by /u/Normans1066 in /r/AskHistorians

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