New Directions in the Study of African American Recolonization

“Never has the story of American African colonization been so thoroughly explored.”—Violet Showers Johnson, coauthor of African & American: West Africans in Post-Civil Rights America

“Succeeds admirably in putting us back in touch with the diverse sources of support for the American Colonization Society. We learn much about the complex nature of human motivations and about the changes in attitudes, goals, and government policy that occurred over time.”—Paul D. Escott, author of Uncommonly Savage: Civil War and Remembrance in Spain and the United States

“Thought-provoking and challenging. These deeply researched and gracefully written essays refine our understanding of this often misunderstood group.”—Douglas R. Egerton, author of Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America

“The starting point for anyone trying to understand the current field of the study of African American recolonization.”—Choice

“Succeeds in demonstrating the importance of colonization to several aspects of early American history and pushing scholarly conversations in new and exciting directions.”—Journal of the Early Republic

“[A] well-curated collection.”—Journal of American History

“A set of remarkably concise and primary source-based analyses. . . . The volume stands out most for widening our understanding of the significance of colonization as a contemporary and current historiographical discourse.”—Journal of Southern History

“A thought-provoking set of essays that brim with insights. . . . A valuable launching pad for further studies investigating the broadscale significance of African colonization to the history of the nineteenth-century Atlantic world.”—Journal of the Civil War Era

“An excellent volume that challenges much of what scholars think they know about colonization. . . . Tomek and Hetrick offer a powerful reminder to take colonization seriously and illustrate how much more research needs to occur on this subject.”—Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research