African and Afro-Caribbean Repatriation, 1919-1922 Black Voices /

• Main Author: Chapman, Jane L. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Great Britain-History.; Social history.; Military history.; Imperialism.; Civilization-History.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Social History.; History of Military.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; Cultural History.

This book is the first attempt to analyse records of people of Afro-Caribbean origin who appealed against repatriation during the painful period after Britain's1919 race riots. Revealing personal letters and petitions from the West Indies, West Africa, and the U.K., Jane Chapman demonstrates th...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter One: Interrogating neglected voices
• Chapter Two: Government Attitudes and Indirect Voices
• Chapter Three: Reactions and Minority Voices
• Chapter Four: Repatriation Testimonies as Uncomfortable History
• Bibliography
• Index.