[405] See Chapter 16 of Lynch, "The Facts of Reconstruction."
[406] See Chapter 8 of Lynch, "The Facts of Reconstruction."
[407] Ibid.
[408] Lynch, "Facts of Reconstruction," pp. 150-151.
[409] Rhodes, "History of the United States," VI, 35.
[410] Rhodes, "History of the United States," VI, 40.
The Struggle for the Recognition of Haiti and Liberia as Independent Republics
The doctrine of recognition as a principle of International law appeared in definite form at the close of the American Revolution. New states had arisen and successful revolutions had given birth to new governments.[411] In Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793, the French Republic was recognized and the neutral position of America was announced.[412] These principles, developed later by Adams and Jefferson through application to the South American colonies which had declared their independence of Spain, marked the beginning of the well-defined international principle of recognition.[413]