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Author:
Thompson, Boyce, author.
Title:
Lincoln's lost colony : the black emigration scheme of Bernard Kock / Boyce Thompson.
Publisher:
McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
vii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subject:
African Americans--History--Vache Island--Vache Island--History--19th century.
Haiti--History--History--19th century.
Kock, Bernard,--1826-1866.
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Political and social views.
African Americans--History--1863-1877.
Freed persons--United States--Social conditions.
Freed persons--Haiti--Social conditions.
Vache Island (Haiti)--History--19th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Crystalizing the Deal -- Navigating the Corridors of Political Power -- Origins of an Entrepreneur -- Lincoln Encourages Black Deportation -- The Administration Weighs Dozens of Colonization Proposals -- A Short Road Show for Eager Investors -- Unsmooth Sailing Ahead -- Smooth Landing with Grand Intentions -- Things Go from Very Bad to Much Worse -- Establishing a Working Plantation -- A Volatile Situation in Haiti -- More Hardball and a Change in Leadership -- A Futile Attempt at Damage Control -- The Decision to Bail -- A New Scapegoat Emerges -- Colonization Goes Underground.
ISBN:
1476688842
9781476688848
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1380387287
LCCN:
2023028015
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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