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UNINA9910961378103321 |
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Autore |
Burin Eric |
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Titolo |
Slavery and the peculiar solution : a history of the American Colonization Society / / Eric Burin |
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Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, 2005 |
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Edizione |
[First paperback edition, 2008.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Enslaved persons - Emancipation - Southern States |
African Americans - Colonization - Africa, West |
African Americans - Colonization - Liberia |
Liberia History To 1847 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Table of Contents vii; Foreword ix; Acknowledgments xiii; Introduction: American Colonization Society Manumissions and Slavery 1; 1. An Overview of the African Colonization Movement 6; 2. ACS Manumitters: Their Ideology and Intentions 34; 3. Slaves: Negotiating for Freedom 57; 4. The Pennsylvania Colonization Societyas a Facilitator of Manumission 79; 5. White Southerners' Responsesto ACS Manumissions 100; 6. ACS Manumissions and the Law 121; 7. Liberia: Freedpersons' Experiences in Africa 141; Conclusion 160; Tables 169; Notes 175; Bibliography 201; Index 215 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Adds significantly to our understanding of the world view of slaveholding colonizationists, of their negotiations with prospectively freed people, and of their struggle with proslavery critics of colonization. |
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