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Author:

Burin, Eric.

Title:

Slavery and the peculiar solution : a history of the American Colonization Society / Eric Burin.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed., 2008.

Publisher:

University Press of Florida,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xviii, 223 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

American Colonization Society.
American Colonization Society.
American Colonization Society
American Colonization Society.
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Southern States.
African Americans--Colonization--Africa, West.
African Americans--Colonization--Liberia.
Liberia--History--To 1847.
Esclaves--Affranchissement--États-Unis (Sud)
Noirs américains--Colonisation--Afrique occidentale.
Noirs américains--Colonisation--Liberia.
Liberia--Histoire--Jusqu'à 1847.
African Americans--Colonization.
Enslaved persons--Emancipation.
West Africa.
Liberia.
Southern States.
Sklavenhandel
Liberia
USA
Slaves--Emancipation--Southern States.
African Americans--Colonization--Africa, West.
African Americans--Colonization--Liberia.
Liberia--History--To 1847.
To 1847
Geschichte.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214) and index.

Contents:

Liberia: freedpersons' experiences in Africa. 7. An overview of the African colonization movement -- 2. ACS manumitters: their ideology and intentions -- 3. Slaves: negotiating for freedom -- 4. The Pennsylvania Colonization Society as a facilitator of manumission -- 5. White Southerners' responses to ACS manumissions -- 6. ACS manumissions and the law -- 7. Liberia: freedpersons' experiences in Africa.

Series:

Southern dissent

ISBN:

0813032733
9780813032733

OCLC:

(OCoLC)184823241

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)