The Colonization of Freed African Americans in Suriname : Archival Sources Relating to the U.S.-Dutch Negotiations, 1860-1866 (Colonial and Global History through Dutch Sources)

Douma, Michael

Leiden University Press（2019/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 300 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789087283254
• DDC分類 970.980

Full Description

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 Previously unpublished and unknown, these letters have been transcribed and translated here for the first time.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.

Contents

Part I
Introduction and a Note on the Translations
Colonization in U.S. Politics and Society
Suriname in Dutch Colonial History
Global Context of Post-emancipation Emancipation Labor
The Dutch Diplomatic Network
Racial Thinking
The Translated Documents
Register of Persons
Americans
The Dutch Diplomatic Network in the United States
Diplomats in the Netherlands
Part II
Locations of Archival Material
List of Primary Sources
Sources
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index