The British Honduras Colony
Black Emigrationist Support for Colonization in the Lincoln Presidency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11192135 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phillip W Magne (0000-0002-8388-3210), Phillip Magne (0000-0002-5627-5244, IHS Markit (United States), corresponding author), Phillip W Magness |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-60 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavery and Abolition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-039X • E-ISSN: 1743-9523 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0144039x.2012.709044 |
| OpenAlex | W2077583248 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The traditional historical narrative has tended to interpret colonization during the Civil War by simultaneously discounting African-American support for the policy and Abraham Lincoln's sincerity in offering it. Challenging these views, this paper examines new evidence of the U.S. government's efforts to enlist the pro-emigration minority of the free black community for a proposed settlement in British Honduras. For a brief period in 1863, black emigrationists including Henry Highland Garnet and John Willis Menard seriously entertained the Lincoln administration's colonization offers, spurred largely by their experiences with racial violence in the USA and the prospect of stronger political rights abroad
Archaeology · Colonization · Emigration · Government (linguistics · Narrative · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Settlement (finance · Sincerity · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Unrest · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Race, History, and American Society
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2016 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |