"Experience Rather than Imagination: Researching the Return Migration of African North Americans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction" by Adam Arenson

Article

Experience Rather than Imagination: Researching the Return Migration of African North Americans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction

Journal of American Ethnic History (2013)

Adam Arenson, University of Texas at El Paso

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Abstract

Announcing the contours of research on the return migration of people of African descent from Canada back to the United States during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and its implications for our understanding of the Underground Railroad.

Keywords

Canada,
Underground Railroad,
return migration,
Reconstruction

Disciplines

American Studies,
Cultural History,
History and
United States History

Publication Date

Winter 2013

Citation Information

Adam Arenson. "Experience Rather than Imagination: Researching the Return Migration of African North Americans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction" Journal of American Ethnic History Vol. 32 Iss. 2 (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/adam_arenson/30/