1850-May-31: The New York Herald reported that the brig Kate Boyd, which had been loading gunpowder and munitions of war for Port-au-Prince, was detained und…

1850-May-31: The New York Herald reported that the brig Kate Boyd, which had been loading gunpowder and munitions of war for Port-au-Prince, was detained under orders from the federal government in Washington. Bulwer shared this article with Lord Palmerston to highlight the potential for American aggression or intervention in Haitian affairs. The detention of the vessel underscored the U.S. government’s continued effort to regulate the volatile arms trade that had plagued relations with the island since the era of Dessalines.