President Ulysses Grant, Samuel Howe, and Charles Sumner all partook in the planning of the Dominican Republic annexation, but all took slightly different stances on the issue. Annexation of this area was something that took time, planning, and the support of nearly everyone on board. Time and planning were a breeze, but the difficult part came into play when Grant and Howe were trying to convince everyone why annexation would be beneficial for their nation, and for Santo Domingo, but it simply was not getting through to others. From what started as a contemplation for opening fire on Dominican locals to President Grant wanting to annex the Dominican Republic, many found annexation to be a key part of reconstructing the south, but these tasks
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Abolitionists began to realize how beneficial annexation could be to the United States, by obtaining both the Caribbean and Santo Domingo, which is a province of the Dominican Republic. To zone in on Santo Domingo specifically, there was much speculation regarding ways to properly assimilate black people into the United States. Congressional radicals questioned the "extent" and "promise" of black citizenship, which as Guyatt stated, exposed that the "intellectual and moral foundations of Reconstruction were shallow"(Guyatt …show more content…
He believed that all people are "one and the same," and that there in all actuality were not any differences between people. Given what President Grant believed in and wanted to enforce, Sumner's resentment was deeply rooted, and he became Grant's "chief antagonist" (Guyatt 6). This spell of events led to Sumner making a connection between climate and race specifically directed towards black people, so as for them to remain unharmed by Grant and any of his followers. Unharmed in the sense that there would be no mass removals, revocation of any citizenships, or anything else along the lines of their freedom being stripped (Guyatt 7). As far as the connection between race and climate, this turned out to be a leading force in the debates between political figures. Climate began to be linked to nearly every decision they made, even the placement of the central political area in the United States. It was also concluded that Santo Domingo had a very suitable climate for whites because it was temperate and not too much like the tropics (Guyatt
Abolitionists began to realize how beneficial annexation could be to the United States, by obtaining both the Caribbean and Santo Domingo, which is a province of the Dominican Republic. To zone in on Santo Domingo specifically, there was much speculation regarding ways to properly assimilate black people into the United States. Congressional radicals questioned the "extent" and "promise" of black citizenship, which as Guyatt stated, exposed that the "intellectual and moral foundations of Reconstruction were shallow"(Guyatt …show more content…
He believed that all people are "one and the same," and that there in all actuality were not any differences between people. Given what President Grant believed in and wanted to enforce, Sumner's resentment was deeply rooted, and he became Grant's "chief antagonist" (Guyatt 6). This spell of events led to Sumner making a connection between climate and race specifically directed towards black people, so as for them to remain unharmed by Grant and any of his followers. Unharmed in the sense that there would be no mass removals, revocation of any citizenships, or anything else along the lines of their freedom being stripped (Guyatt 7). As far as the connection between race and climate, this turned out to be a leading force in the debates between political figures. Climate began to be linked to nearly every decision they made, even the placement of the central political area in the United States. It was also concluded that Santo Domingo had a very suitable climate for whites because it was temperate and not too much like the tropics (Guyatt