1826
1826: Charles Mackenzie arrived as the first British consul in Haiti with instructions to record data on the status of free labor and agricultural production.
1826: Charles Mackenzie arrived as the first British consul in Haiti with instructions to record data on the status of free labor and agricultural production. While his presence signaled implicit recognition, the British government continued to withhold a formal treaty of amity for over a decade.
Source · p. 190
Gaffield, Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World, 190