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'Destiny seems to point me to that country' : early nineteenth-century African American migration, emigration, and expansion
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Everill, Bronwen. (2012) 'Destiny seems to point me to that country' : early nineteenth-century African American migration, emigration, and expansion. Journal of Global History, Vol.7 (No.1). pp. 53-77. ISSN 1740-0228
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1740022811000581
Abstract
Traditional American historiography has dismissed the Liberian settlement scheme as impractical, racist, and naïve. The movement of Americans to Liberia, and other territorial and extraterritorial destinations, however, reveals the 'push' and 'pull' factors that influenced movement in the African diaspora. The reaction of different African Americans to these factors influenced the political and social development of Liberia as well as the colony's image at home. Africans migrating within and beyond US borders participated in a broader movement of people and the development of settler ideology in the nineteenth century.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DT Africa E History America > E151 United States (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | African Americans -- History -- 19th century, African Americans -- Liberia, United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century, Liberia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century, Liberia -- History -- 19th century |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Global History |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 1740-0228 |
| Date: | March 2012 |
| Volume: | Vol.7 |
| Number: | No.1 |
| Page Range: | pp. 53-77 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1017/S1740022811000581 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Funder: | Economic History Society, Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), King's College London. Dept. of History, King's College London. School of Humanities |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/42769 |
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