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Going South: Tracing Race and Region in the Post-Emancipation Black Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2018

ELISABETH ENGEL  and
NICHOLAS GRANT
ELISABETH ENGEL
Affiliation:
History Department, German Historical Institute, Washington, DC. Email: [email protected].
NICHOLAS GRANT
Affiliation:
Department of American Studies, University of East Anglia. Email: [email protected].
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The demise of American slavery in 1865 put black Americans in motion to an unprecedented degree. Freed slaves and their descendants migrated from the plantations in the rural South to destinations around the globe. Travelling in a variety of new roles – as missionaries, journalists, agronomists, scientists, athletes, performers, entrepreneurs and political activists – African Americans gained international visibility, inspiring other oppressed populations in the colonial world to struggle for their liberation.

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Forum: The US South and the Black Atlantic
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Journal of American Studies , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , May 2018 , pp. 269 - 273
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and British Association for American Studies 2018 

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