TY  - GEN
T1  - The colonization of freed African Americans in Suriname : archival sources relating to the U.S.-Dutch negotiations, 1860-1866
T2  - Colonial and global history through Dutch sources.
A2  - Douma, Michael J.
A2  - Douma, Michael J.
LA  - English
LA  - Dutch
LA  - French
PP  - Leiden Netherlands
PB  - Leiden University Press
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1129860941
AB  - 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 to the period 1862 to 1866 attest to the very real possibility that such migration stream could have become a reality. They also indicate reasons why this scheme failed: it was bogged down by differences of opinion, mail delays, and ultimately a reluctance of any African Americans to migrate. Previously unpublished and unknown, these letters have been transcribed and translated here for the first time. The sources provide a rare look inside the minds of liberal government officials during the age of emancipation in the Atlantic World. They demonstrate the officials' humanitarian concerns, their racial prejudices, respect for legal order and process, and faith in governments to solve international problems.
CN  - F2422 .C654 2019
SN  - 9400603487
SN  - 9789400603486
SN  - 9789087283254
SN  - 9087283253
KW  - African Americans : Colonization : Suriname : History : 19th century : Sources.
KW  - Freed persons : Suriname : Sources.
KW  - Netherlands : Foreign relations : United States : Sources.
KW  - United States : Foreign relations : Netherlands : Sources.
KW  - Suriname : History : 1814-1950 : Sources.
KW  - Noirs américains : Colonisation : Suriname : Histoire : 19e siècle : Sources.
KW  - Personnes affranchies : Suriname : Sources.
KW  - Pays-Bas : Relations extérieures : États-Unis : Sources.
KW  - États-Unis : Relations extérieures : Pays-Bas : Sources.
KW  - Suriname : Histoire : 1814-1950 : Sources.
KW  - 15.85 history of America.
KW  - Slavery and abolition of slavery.
KW  - American Civil War.
KW  - HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
KW  - African Americans : Colonization
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - Freed persons
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - Suriname
KW  - United States
KW  - Surinam (country)
KW  - 1800-1950
KW  - History
KW  - Sources
ER  -