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The American Colonization Society: An Avenue to Freedom?: An Avenue to Freedom?
Allan Yarema
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paperback. Num Pages: 102 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 158.
In the early 1800s a major social movement, the American Colonization Society, secured marked support in the United States. First popular in the 1820s and early 1830s, the movement waned in the late 1830s and 40s. It was not until the 1850s, when slavery increasingly polarized the nation, that the movement regained strength. Despite the endorsement of prominent humanitarians and sympathetic politicians in both the North and South, the colonization movement faltered in its initial goal of colonizing free blacks and its later efforts to encourage voluntary and gradual emancipation. This work explores the Society's organization, purpose, growth, and the ... Read more
In the early 1800s a major social movement, the American Colonization Society, secured marked support in the United States. First popular in the 1820s and early 1830s, the movement waned in the late 1830s and 40s. It was not until the 1850s, when slavery increasingly polarized the nation, that the movement regained strength. Despite the endorsement of prominent humanitarians and sympathetic politicians in both the North and South, the colonization movement faltered in its initial goal of colonizing free blacks and its later efforts to encourage voluntary and gradual emancipation. This work explores the Society's organization, purpose, growth, and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
102
Condition
New
Number of Pages
102
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761833598
SKU
V9780761833598
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99-48
About Allan Yarema
Allan Yarema is Assistant Professor of History at Abilene Christian University. He received his Ed.D. in Higher Education, M.S. in Political Science, and M.A. in History from Texas A&M University - Commerce.
Reviews for The American Colonization Society: An Avenue to Freedom?: An Avenue to Freedom?
A chronicle of the Society's organization, purpose, growth, and the factors that led to its ultimate failure in dealing with the existence of slavery in a would-be democracy, The American Colonization Society is a scholarly, well-researched, and welcome addition to the American History and black studies reference shelves.
Midwest Book Review
Yarema's pamphlet on the ACS centralizes the ... Read more
Midwest Book Review
Yarema's pamphlet on the ACS centralizes the ... Read more