Dewey also requested a colony to be put on the island that would be separate from the rest of the island with its own laws, legislature, etc. This idea of the colony showed both that America was beginning to show interest in expanding in to the Caribbean and to colonize the recently freed Latin American territories. Boyer was fully against the idea of having an American colony on the island since the Haitians had already experienced the threat of re-colonization from the French. He responded to Dewey stating that the laws of the Haitian government were general and no particular laws can exist.

All other requests though were about opportunities for the freed slave in regards to land, money, education and government support. Boyer had pleasant answers for all these questions claiming that there was plenty of land for the people to call their own, money to be made through the import and export of goods, school were found in almost every community and the government was more than willing to help the migrates settle into their new surroundings.

Exile and Death

He left Haiti on February 13th, went to Jamaica then he was exiled to France. He died in 1850 and was succeeded by Charles Riviere-Herard.

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