SOURCE: “In Search of International Support for African Colonization: Martin R. Delany's Visit to England, 1860,” in Canadian Journal of History, Vol. X, No. 3, December, 1975, pp. 307‐24.

In the following essay, Blackett details the events of Delany's visit to England and his attempt to gain support for his separatist plans for American Blacks.

Movements for social change invariably produce international support organizations, which through lobbying attempt to influence policies and action favorable to their cause. In the first half of the nineteenth century the many revolutionary and nationalist wars in Europe and South America had created their respective support movements in western Europe. Garibaldi's and Kossuth's, Louis Blanc's and Bolivar's and many more all found support in the main cities in Europe. Throughout this period, England which had remained relatively free from the pressures of domestic revolution, became the principal refuge for those fleeing the turmoil of revolution and counter...