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Repatriated: The America That Might Have Been
Paperback
Series: Repatriated
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 8 2026
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if every African slave in America had been sent back to Africa-not in 1865, but in 1816?
In this bold, thought-provoking work of alternate history, Roderick Edwards explores one of the most provocative what if questions in American and African history: What would the world look like if the American Colonization Society's vision had succeeded on a massive scale? Instead of a few thousand voluntary emigrants founding Liberia, over 1.5 million people are repatriated by law, fundamentally reshaping two continents.
From the logistical challenges and moral complexities of the Great Repatriation, to a transformed United States grappling with its identity without its Black population, to the dramatic rise of Liberia as a sovereign power, Edwards weaves a sweeping narrative that spans centuries. Nations diverge, cultures clash and fuse, revolutions erupt, and eventually a profound cultural Great Return reshapes the Atlantic world once again.
Blending meticulous historical research with speculative storytelling, Measuagoon examines themes of identity, heritage, resilience, and civilizational coherence. It asks hard questions about race, nationhood, belonging, and what happens when history's painful chapters are not erased-but redirected. The result is neither polemic nor fantasy, but a rich, multi-layered thought experiment that challenges readers to reconsider assumptions about America, Africa, and the long shadow of the transatlantic slave trade.
Part alternate history, part philosophical meditation, and part cultural renaissance, this is a book for readers who enjoy deep counterfactuals in the tradition of The Man in the High Castle or Fatherland, yet grounded in real historical forces and human complexity.
A provocative journey into a world that might have been-and the surprising coherence that emerges from rupture.
Perfect for fans of alternate history, African-American studies, geopolitical fiction, and big-idea nonfiction.
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