1893-January-02: Following his controversial tenure as Minister to Haiti, Frederick Douglass delivered his “Lecture on Haiti” in Chicago.

1893-January-02: Following his controversial tenure as Minister to Haiti, Frederick Douglass delivered his “Lecture on Haiti” in Chicago. This address served as a public defense of his refusal to use coercive methods against the “Black Republic” and offered a critique of the Harrison administration’s aggressive naval diplomacy regarding the Môle Saint-Nicolas.