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Slavery and the peculiar solution : a history of the American Colonization Society /

"From the early 1700s through the late 1800s, many whites advocated removing blacks from America. The American Colonization Society (ACS) epitomized this desire to deport black people. Founded in 1816, the ACS championed the repatriation of black Americans to Liberia in West Africa. Supported b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burin, Eric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2005.
Colección:Southern dissent.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • American colonization society manumissions and slavery
  • An overview of the African colonization movement
  • ACS manumitters: their ideology and intentions
  • Slaves: negotiating for freedom
  • The Pennsylvania colonization society as a facilitator of manumission
  • White Southerners' responses to ACS manumissions
  • ACS manumissions and the law
  • Liberia: freedpersons' experiences in Africa.