#  Mass Historical Society: The Elusive Quest: African-American Emigration to Haiti and the Struggle for Full Citizenship in the United States, 1815-1865 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 6, 2016** 

 12:00PM - 01:00PM EDT 

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 **Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215**  



 

 



 

Westenley Alcenat, Columbia University and MIT

This project explores the experience and radicalism of the African-American settlers who emigrated to Haiti throughout the nineteenth century. It focuses on how this migration movement influenced African-American and Haitian political thought and the transnational struggle for Black citizenship before and during the American Civil War.



 

 



 

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