Moore, and the rest of the crew at Greenwood Press did a splendid job of turn-
ing this manuscript into a book.

The support of family, friends, and colleagues has been crucial in enabling
me to see this project through to completion. To my mother, and to Louise,
David, and Michael, I extend my heartfelt thanks. For their camaraderie and
good cheer, thanks go to my colleagues in the History Department at the Uni-
versity of Newcastle. Michael Fellman, Roger Bell, and Steven Piott have pro-
vided encouragement, good counsel, and valued support for my academic
career. In the United States, Mark C. Boissy offered hospitality and good com-
pany. Despite the demands of their own teaching and research, a number of
people have taken the time to read and comment upon all or some of this
manuscript: I'm obliged to Shane White, Allan Johnson, and Sean Brawley for
their helpful comments and critiques. I owe a particular debt to Ian Tyrrell,
who not only suggested that the subject of Haitian emigration was worthy of
investigation, but who read and offered a characteristically incisive critique of
an early draft of this manuscript.

Lorna Davin has lived with this project for many years; I remain grateful for
her unwavering love, support, and patience. Finally, although Sam Dixon ar-
rived just in time to delay completion of the manuscript, his enthusiastic anno-
tations on a number of pages--the most incisive of which were written with a
thumbnail dipped in Vegemite--were more valuable than he realizes.

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