We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Experience Rather than Imagination: Researching the Return Migration of African North Americans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction.
- Authors
ARENSON, ADAM
- Abstract
The article focuses on the return migrations of African North Americans from Canada to the United States during the reconstruction era after the U.S. civil war. The author discusses the social movement Underground Railroad and how social and political pressures forced both slaves and free blacks to migrate north, explores the impact of the address by U.S. president Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation, and analyzes the experiences of African Americans Mifflin Wistar Gibbs and Mary Ann Shadd Cary.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AFRICAN American history; HUMAN migrations; UNDERGROUND Railroad (U.S. history); ENSLAVED African Americans; FREE African Americans; EMANCIPATION of slaves; RECONSTRUCTION (U.S. history, 1865-1877); GIBBS, Mifflin Wistar, 1823-1915; CARY, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893; UNITED States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation; AMERICAN Civil War, 1861-1865; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of American Ethnic History, 2013, Vol 32, Issue 2, p73
- ISSN
0278-5927
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5406/jamerethnhist.32.2.0073