Black Resettlement and the American Civil War

The first comprehensive, comparative account of nineteenth-century America's efforts to resettle African Americans outside the United States.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Revival of 'Colonization,' to 1861; 2. The Revival of 'Emigration,' to 1862; 3. The Republican Party and Resettlement, to 1863; 4. Resettlement in Latin America, to 1864; 5. Resettlement in the European West Indies, to 1865; 6. Alternatives to Foreign Resettlement, to 1868; Epilogue.

About the author

Sebastian Page is a historian of the United States and Atlantic world during the nineteenth century. He is the co-author of Colonization After Emancipation: Lincoln and the Movement for Black Resettlement.

Product details

• Authors: Sebastian N Page, Sebastian N. Page, Sebastian N. (University of Oxford) Page, Page Sebastian N.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2022
• EAN: 9781316506707
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50670-7
• No. of pages: 327
• Series: Cambridge Studies on the Ameri; Cambridge Studies on the American South
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Africa / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Slavery and abolition of slavery