Black American and the New Manifest Destine: The Waller Affair
FAIN: FT-12250-74
Randall Woods
Arkansas Humanities Council (Little Rock, AR 72201-1844)
To study an incident in 1895 involving the arrest and imprisonment by France of a black American, John Waller, residing in Madagascar. In addition the study will analyze America's imperial interest in East Africa, black America's attitude toward expansionism and the Negro's role in it.