Nineteenth-Century Emigrationists and Black Freedom
This assignment explores the efforts of nineteenth-century African American emigrationists to achieve Black freedom and self-determination. Emigrationists aimed to establish new communities outside the United States as a response to slavery and racial discrimination. This assignment will focus on their strategies, motivations, and the historical context of their actions.
Group 1
Use the provided excerpts to answer the following questions about the strategies and motivations of nineteenth-century African American emigrationists.
With the spread of abolition in Latin America and the Caribbean, African American emigrationists supported building new communities outside the United States as an alternative to the continuation of slavery and racial discrimination, exemplified by the Dred Scott case (1857).
AP® African American Studies Course and Exam Description, EK 2.18.A.2.
Emigrationists identified locations in Latin America, the Caribbean, and West Africa as promising areas for relocation because of their large populations of Afro-descendants, shared histories, and advantageous climates.
AP® African American Studies Course and Exam Description, EK 2.18.A.3.
Black abolitionists who supported emigration, like Paul Cuffee and Martin R. Delany, embraced Black nationalism, which promoted Black unity, pride, and self-determination.
AP® African American Studies Course and Exam Description, EK 2.18.A.4.
Paul Cuffee was the first person to relocate African Americans from the United States to Africa. In 1815 he took 39 African Americans to the British Black settlement of Freetown in Sierra Leone.
AP® African American Studies Course and Exam Description, EK 2.18.A.4.
Question 1a
What were the primary motivations for African American emigrationists to establish new communities outside the United States?
Question 1b
Identify and explain the significance of the Dred Scott case in the context of emigrationist thought.
Question 1c
Why did emigrationists consider Latin America, the Caribbean, and West Africa as promising areas for relocation?
Question 1d
Discuss the role of Black nationalism in the emigrationist movement, citing examples of key figures who supported this ideology.
Question 1e
Describe the actions of Paul Cuffee in the context of the emigrationist movement and explain their historical significance.
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