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African and Afro-Caribbean Repatriation, 1919–1922

Black Voices

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Authors:
  1. Jane L. Chapman

    1. University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom

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  • Represents the first attempt to analyse records Afro-Caribbean people who appealed against repatriation after World War One in Britain

  • Demonstrates how non-white soldiers experienced a profound change of attitude in Britain after the First World War, and their reaction to it

  • Analyses correspondence by appellants against repatriation and statements of hardship and requests for financial help

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Interrogating Neglected Voices

    • Jane L. Chapman
    Pages 1-24

  3. Government Attitudes and Indirect Voices

    • Jane L. Chapman
    Pages 25-44

  4. Reactions and Minority Voices

    • Jane L. Chapman
    Pages 45-65

  5. Repatriation Testimonies as Uncomfortable History

    • Jane L. Chapman
    Pages 67-75

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 77-90
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About this book

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’s 1919 race riots. Revealing personal letters and petitions from the West Indies, West Africa, and the UK, Jane Chapman demonstrates that conflict adjustment involving individual voices needs to be highlighted. She asks, what was the human environment, the dilemmas and the racist compulsions making transnational experiences in the British Empire so poignant? Analysing both the opinions of civil servants on appellants’ statements of hardship and requests for financial help, and the voices of the appellants themselves, this book aims to rediscover black people’s hidden heritage. 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom

    Jane L. Chapman

About the author

Jane Chapman is Professor of Communications at Lincoln University, UK, and Research Associate at Wolfson College, Cambridge. She has authored twelve books and thirty articles and book chapters, as well as acting as an editorial board member for several international journals. She shared the 2017 Colby Prize for Victorian Literature. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: African and Afro-Caribbean Repatriation, 1919–1922

  • Book Subtitle: Black Voices

  • Authors: Jane L. Chapman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68813-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68812-1Published: 18 July 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09851-3Published: 12 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68813-8Published: 04 July 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 90

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, History of Military, Imperialism and Colonialism, Cultural History

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