Date
7-15-2024
Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in History (PhD)
Chair
Carey Roberts
Keywords
Clotilda, Wanderer
Disciplines
History
Recommended Citation
Chaney, Kirsten, "African, American, and Southern: The Survivors of the Clotilda and the Wanderer" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5808.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5808
Abstract
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the life experiences of first-generation enslaved Africans illegally brought to the United States of America after the passage of the 1808 Act Prohibiting the Importation of Enslaved Persons to the United States of America. The life experiences of those brought to the United States on board ships such as the Clotilda and the Wanderer create a stark contrast to the life experiences of multigenerational enslaved persons. The difference and Americanization can be viewed through the organization of the freedmen towns founded by each group, the education level achieved by the descendants of each group by the start of the twentieth century, and the connection both groups hold to their ancestral culture.
