{"product_id":"new-directions-in-the-study-of-african-american-recolonization-hardcover","title":"New Directions in the Study of African American Recolonization - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeverly Tomek\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMatthew J. Hetrick\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume closely examines the movement to resettle black Americans in Africa, an effort led by the American Colonization Society during the nineteenth century and a heavily debated part of American history. Some believe it was inspired by antislavery principles, but others think it was a proslavery reaction against the presence of free Black people in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving beyond this simplistic debate, contributors link the movement to other historical developments of the time, revealing a complex web of different schemes, ideologies, and activities behind the relocation of African Americans to Liberia. They explain what colonization, emigration, immigration, abolition, and emancipation meant within nuanced nineteenth-century contexts, looking through many lenses to more accurately reflect the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Eric Burin Andrew Diemer David F. Ericson Bronwen Everill Nicholas Guyatt Debra Newman Ham Matthew J. Hetrick Gale Kenny Phillip W. Magness Brandon Mills Robert Murray Sebastian N. Page Daniel Preston Beverly Tomek Andrew N. Wegmann Ben Wright Nicholas P. Wood \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeverly C. Tomek\u003c\/b\u003e, associate provost for\u003cbr\u003ecurriculum and student achievement and associate professor of history at the\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Houston-Victoria, is the author of \u003ci\u003eColonization and Its Discontents: Emancipation, Emigration, and\u003cbr\u003eAntislavery in Antebellum Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMatthew J. Hetrick\u003c\/b\u003e is a history teacher at The Bryn Mawr School.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45441293582438,"sku":"9780813054247","price":158.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Sktd5IX1F_9780813054247.webp?v=1776030627","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/new-directions-in-the-study-of-african-american-recolonization-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}