Excerpt from A Brief History of the Island of Hayti While writing this little book, I have almbst involuntarily exclaimed, Why have not the Christians in the United States established a per manent mission upon that interesting island; why have those emigrants so long been left like sheep upon the mountains without a shepherd 1' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.