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Black resettlement and the American Civil War /

From the Revolution to the Civil War, white Americans entertained the strangest of notions. Their black compatriots, who comprised one-fifth of the population in 1770 and one-seventh by 1860, could, would and should leave the United States for some other land. Stranger yet, the same blacks whom whit...

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Main Author:	Page, Sebastian N. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2021]
Series:	Cambridge studies on the American South.
Subjects:	African Americans > Colonization > History > 19th century. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Refugees. United States > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century. Slaves > Emancipation > United States.

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