Who did president benjamin harrison appoint as the first african-american to a high ranking role in government as the minister to haiti?

What does the quote describe? “the closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us….the shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole a scene of horror almost inconceivable.”

Brainliesttt !me : ) what brought about the end of the soviet union?

Which historical interpretation is supported by this source?