"The barbarians who threaten this part of the world": protecting the unenforceable -- "Making crosses on his chest": U.S. racism confronts a border insurgency -- "A systematic campaign of extermination": racial agenda on the border -- "Demands of civilization": changing identity by remapping and renaming -- "Silent invasions": anti-Haitian propaganda -- "Instructed to register as white or mulatto": white numerical ascendency -- Epilogue: "return to the source."