Lincoln's Lost Colony - The Black Emigration Scheme of Bernard Kock

Abraham Lincoln is renowned for his stance on the emancipation of enslaved people in a period when America was sorely divided. At the same time, there was a little-known event that took place--one that left a stain on Lincoln's legacy, and has apologists still trying to expunge it today.
This book tells the quiet but bloody history of Bernard Kock, a New Orleans entrepreneur with an ill-fated attempt at establishing a cotton plantation on Ile-a-Vache, a deserted Haitian island, using formerly enslaved Americans. It also covers Lincoln's involvement and support of Kock's plan, as well as his pledge of $50 in government funding for each of the 453 colonists. With chapters on Lincoln's encouragement of black deportation, the establishment of the plantation, the futile attempts at damage control and more, this text reveals an untold part of Lincoln's history.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

¿1.¿Crystalizing the Deal

¿2.¿Navigating the Corridors of Political Power

¿3.¿Origins of an Entrepreneur

¿4.¿Lincoln Encourages Black Deportation

¿5.¿The Administration Weighs Dozens of Colonization Proposals

¿6.¿A Short Road Show for Eager Investors

¿7.¿Unsmooth Sailing Ahead

¿8.¿Smooth Landing with Grand Intentions

¿9.¿Things Go from Very Bad to Much Worse

10.¿Establishing a Working Plantation

11.¿A Volatile Situation in Haiti

12.¿More Hardball and a Change in Leadership

13.¿A Futile Attempt at Damage Control

14.¿The Decision to Bail

15.¿A New Scapegoat Emerges

16.¿Colonization Goes Underground

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Boyce Thompson is the author of five non-fiction books and his work has appeared in Governing and The Washington Post. He was a Washington correspondent for Reed-Elsevier and directed the editorial council at Hanley-Wood Publishing. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Summary

With chapters on Abraham Lincoln’s encouragement of black deportation, the establishment of the Ile a Vache plantation, the futile attempts at damage control and more, this text reveals an untold part of Lincoln’s history.

Product details

• Authors: Boyce Thompson, Thompson Boyce
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2023
• EAN: 9781476688848
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8884-8
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 345 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, Haiti, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, History of the Americas, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Black & Asian Studies, HISTORY / African American & Black, c 1860 to c 1869, Relating to African American / Black American people, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Haiti, Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery