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New Directions in the Study of African American Recolonization

New Directions in the Study of African American Recolonization - Southern Dissent

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Publisher's Synopsis

This volume closely examines the movement to resettle black Americans in Africa, an effort led by the American Colonization Society during the nineteenth century and a heavily debated part of American history. Some believe it was inspired by antislavery principles, but others think it was a proslavery reaction against the presence of free blacks in society.

Moving beyond this simplistic debate, contributors link the movement to other historical developments of the time, revealing a complex web of different schemes, ideologies, and activities behind the relocation of African Americans to Liberia. They explain what colonization, emigration, immigration, abolition, and emancipation meant within nuanced nineteenth-century contexts, looking through many lenses to more accurately reflect the past.

Contributors: Eric Burin | Andrew Diemer | David F. Ericson | Bronwen Everill | Nicholas Guyatt | Debra Newman Ham | Matthew J. Hetrick | Gale Kenny | Phillip W. Magness | Brandon Mills | Robert Murray | Sebastian N. Page | Daniel Preston | Beverly Tomek | Andrew N. Wegmann | Ben Wright | Nicholas P. Wood

Book information

ISBN: 9780813080109
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Pub date:
DEWEY: 325.666208996073
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 228g
Height: 156mm
Width: 235mm
Spine width: 19mm