The Colonization of Freed African Americans in Suriname: Archival Sources Relating to the U.S.-Dutch Negotiations, 1860-1866

by Michael J. Douma

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9087283253
• ISBN13: 9789087283254
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Leiden University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"