New directions in the study of African American recolonization:

Beginning in 1816, the American Colonization Society worked to send American blacks to resettle in Africa. From inception, however, its foundational ethos has been debated. These debates continued long after the effective end of the ACS during WWI through the Civil Rights movement to today, when eve...

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Weitere Verfasser: Tomek, Beverly C. (HerausgeberIn), Hetrick, Matthew J. (HerausgeberIn), Harrold, Stanley (VerfasserIn eines Geleitwortes), Miller, Randall M. (VerfasserIn eines Geleitwortes)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Gainesville ; Tallahassee ; Tampa ; Boca Raton ; Pensacola ; Orlando ; Miami ; Jacksonville ; Ft. Myers ; Sarasota University Press of Florida [2017]
Schriftenreihe:Southern dissent
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Zusammenfassung:Beginning in 1816, the American Colonization Society worked to send American blacks to resettle in Africa. From inception, however, its foundational ethos has been debated. These debates continued long after the effective end of the ACS during WWI through the Civil Rights movement to today, when even historians among the Press's own authors respectfully hold opposing views. In this volume, Beverly Tomek and Matthew Hetrick gather essays from scholars with different opinions and divergent methodologies, offering not only new research to address some of the old questions about American colonization and missionary activities but also new questions to spur further debate
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:ix, 356 Seiten
ISBN:9780813054247