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Tropical Freedom

- Climate, Settler Colonialism, and Black Exclusion in the Age of Emancipation

About Tropical Freedom

Ikuko Asaka examines emancipation's intersection with settler colonialism in North America, showing how emancipation efforts in the United States and present-day Canada were accompanied by attempts to relocate freed blacks to tropical regions, thereby conceiving freedom as a racially segregated condition based upon geography and climate.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780822369103
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 304
  • Published:
  • November 2, 2017
  • Dimensions:
  • 230x152x20 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 514 g.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: May 5, 2025

Description of Tropical Freedom

Ikuko Asaka examines emancipation's intersection with settler colonialism in North America, showing how emancipation efforts in the United States and present-day Canada were accompanied by attempts to relocate freed blacks to tropical regions, thereby conceiving freedom as a racially segregated condition based upon geography and climate.

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