United States President Abraham Lincoln and his…

1852 CE to 1863 CE

United States President Abraham Lincoln and his administration, with the American Civil War underway, and enslaved people escaping to Southern territory controlled by the Union, look abroad from 1861 to 1863 for places to relocate people who had been freed from enslavement and who want to leave the United States.

It opens negotiations with the Dutch government regarding African-American emigration to and colonization of the Dutch colony of Suriname.

Nothing comes of the idea, and the idea will be dropped after 1864.

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Paramaribo Paramaribo Suriname View →

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Chinese (Han) people View → Dutch Guiana View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Netherlands, Kingdom of The View →

Topics
Colonization of the Americas, British View →

Commodities
Slaves View →

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Labor and Service View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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