Against wind and tide: African Americans' response to the colonization movement and emigration, 1770–1865

This dissertation examines the American Colonization Society’s “scheme” which sought to deport black Americans to Liberia during the period of slavery. It also explains why a significant number of free African Americans in the North struggled to undermine the colonization movement. The questions tha...

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Main Author: Greene, Ousmane Kirumu
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2007
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3275805