The colonization of freed African Americans in Suriname : archival sources relating to the U.S.-Dutch negotiations, 1860-1866 /

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During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln's administration engaged in protracted negotiations with representatives of the Netherlands to aid in the voluntarily colonization of free African Americans to Suriname. Scores of diplomatic letters in Dutch, English, and French, dating t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Douma, Michael J. (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Dutch
Francés
Published: Leiden [Netherlands] : Leiden University Press, [2019]
Series:Colonial and global history through Dutch sources.
Subjects:
1800-1950
African Americans > Colonization > Suriname > History > 19th century > Sources.
Freed persons > Suriname > Sources.
Noirs américains > Colonisation > Suriname > Histoire > 19e siècle > Sources.
Personnes affranchies > Suriname > Sources.
15.85 history of America.
Slavery and abolition of slavery.
American Civil War.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
African Americans > Colonization
Diplomatic relations
Freed persons
Netherlands > Foreign relations > United States > Sources.
United States > Foreign relations > Netherlands > Sources.
Suriname > History > 1814-1950 > Sources.
Pays-Bas > Relations extérieures > États-Unis > Sources.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Pays-Bas > Sources.
Suriname > Histoire > 1814-1950 > Sources.
Netherlands
Suriname
United States
Surinam (country)
History
Sources
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Colonization in U.S. politics and society
  • Suriname in Dutch colonial history
  • Global context of post-emancipation labor
  • The Dutch diplomatic network
  • Racial thinking
  • The translated documents.

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