Colonization after Emancipation [[electronic resource] ] : Lincoln and the movement for black resettlement / / Phillip W. Magness and Sebastian N. Page

• Autore: Magness Phillip W
• Pubblicazione: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.714
• Soggetto topico: Slavery - United States - History - 19th century; African Americans - Colonization; African Americans - Colonization - West Indies, British; Enslaved persons - Emancipation - United States; Freed persons - United States - History - 19th century
• Altri autori: PageSebastian N
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The curious politics of colonization -- American freedmen, British labor -- Mr. Lincoln's hobby -- The contrabands question -- This most desirable country -- A self-supporting scheme -- Secretary Seward and the Dutch treaty -- Administrative dysfunction, congressional displeasure -- The indefatigable James Mitchell -- Colonization repudiated, colonization revived? -- Colonization after emancipation.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Colonization after Emancipation reveals an unexplored chapter of the Emancipation story. A valuable contribution to Lincoln studies and Civil War history, this book unearths the facts about an ill-fated project and illuminates just how complex, even convoluted, Abraham Lincoln's ideas about the end of slavery really were"--Jacket flap.
• Titolo autorizzato: Colonization after Emancipation
• ISBN: 0-8262-7235-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779191703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II