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    Ernest Roumain

    Birth: 1836

    Death: unknown

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Biography

Ernest Roumain served as the first Haitian minister to the United States. He arrived in the US on February 18, 1863, and served in the post until 1867.

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Biography: 
Ernest Roumain served as the first Haitian minister to the United States. He arrived in the US on February 18, 1863, and served in the post until 1867.
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Biographic Register of the Department of State
Publisher Location: 
Washington
Publisher Name: 
Government Printing Office
Year: 
1874
Start Page: 
115
End Page: 
115
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=tNAKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA115&dq=ernest+roumain+death&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwipuY_y4KLWAhUHWCYKHSrXB2oQ6AEIRjAG#v=onepage&q=ernest%20roumain%20death&f=false
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Biography: 
Ernest Roumain had atleast one son, Felix. Who was born in 1862 and died in 1883.
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Citation Notes: 
His son's birth date is listed on his civil registration record on ancestry.com: http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Cje580&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=felix&gsfn_x=1&gsln=roumain&gsln_x=1&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=0&uidh=if4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=2101728&dbid=9910&indiv=1&ml_rpos=9 Ancestry.com. Jamaica, Civil Registration Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1878-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Lincoln and the Negro
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Benjamin Quarles
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
Oxford University Press
Year: 
1962
Start Page: 
100
End Page: 
100
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZA8Mxy-l5uEC&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=ernest+roumain+haiti&source=bl&ots=qubthhNF4F&sig=ZMN0RSh46n_d6fevzSzitC_EsJE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO-O7T4aLWAhUHZCYKHedrDTQQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=ernest%20roumain%20haiti&f=false
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