African America and Haiti: Emigration and Black Nationalism in the Nineteenth CenturyWhile much has been written about the antebellum African American interest in emigration to Africa, the equally significant interest in Haitian emigration has been largely overlooked. Although free blacks spurned attempts by the American Colonization Society to return them to Africa, during the 1820s, and again during the 1850s and early 1860s, as conditions for African Americans became ever more precarious, thousands of blacks left the U.S. for Haiti searching for civic freedom and economic opportunity in the world's first independent black republic. Such prospects caught the attention of not only the African American leadership but of the black populace as well. In discussing the growing interest in Haitian emigration, Dixon provides ongoing discussions concerning black nationalism as an ideology. |
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... suggested here that historians have understated African Americans ' relationship with the island re- public of Haiti , a nation that excited the imagination of those interested in the elevation of black people , which for many Americans ...
... suggested that a change in tactics was required . It was in this context that black leaders pondered the emigration ... suggest that emigration schemes to Caribbean destinations continued to have a certain appeal among black Americans ...
... suggested , the fact that there was even debate on the ACS signifies a shift from earlier con- ventions . However , while African Americans were increasingly likely to con- sider emigration schemes that were not tainted by the ...
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Emigrationism Resurgent and | 61 |
Emigrationism in Practice | 177 |
Conclusion | 217 |
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