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

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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Altri autori: Douma, Michael J. (Redattore, Traduttore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
olandese
francese
Pubblicazione: Leiden [Netherlands] : Leiden University Press [2019]
Serie:Colonial and global history through Dutch sources.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv30hx453
Sommario:
  • 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.