The Colonization of Freed African Americans in Suriname: Archival Sources relating to the U.S.?Dutch Negotiations, 1860–1866, by Michael J.?Douma

摘要

It is widely known that during the U.S. Civil War President Lincoln consideredplans for colonizing emancipated African Americans in parts of the Caribbeanand Central America, but few know about U.S. negotiations with the Dutchgovernment to encourage freed African Americans to relocate to Suriname inthe wake of emancipation in that colony. Michael Douma’s The Colonizationof Freed African Americans in Suriname contributes to a surge in colonizationscholarship in recent years, providing archival source material (mainly fromthe Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) relating to these plans and negotiations,both in the original Dutch and in English translation.