M2D2-HIS 330

This discussion addresses the following outcomes:

• • • • • • Compare and contrast the differing perspectives on the inclusion of African Americans in American society before and after the Civil War (CO#2, CO#5)

In a post of at least 250 words consider the following:

• Faced with discrimination in the North, Black leaders like Martin Delany called for a return to the African continent. So did some White abolitionists, who created what later became the country of Liberia in West Africa. Were such plans a realistic option for the majority of free Blacks in the United States?
• Could many 19th-century free Blacks have moved to Africa and prospered, or was it merely, as Takaki dismissed it, “Nostalgia on the Niger,” based on a false vision of the realities of African life?
• Support your answer with references to the readings.