Philanthropy and the New England Emigrant Aid Company, 1854-1900
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Dissertations, Theses, & Student Research, History, Department of Department of History Spring 4-13-2015 Philanthropy and The ewN England Emigrant Aid Company, 1854-1900 Courtney Elizabeth Buchkoski University of Nebraska-Lincoln Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/historydiss Part of the History of Gender Commons, Intellectual History Commons, United States History Commons, and the Women's History Commons Buchkoski, Courtney Elizabeth, "Philanthropy and The eN w England Emigrant Aid Company, 1854-1900" (2015). Dissertations, Theses, & Student Research, Department of History. 81. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/historydiss/81 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the History, Department of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, & Student Research, Department of History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Philanthropy and The New England Emigrant Aid Company, 1854-1900. By Courtney Buchkoski A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts Major: History Under the Supervision of Professor Kenneth Winkle Lincoln, Nebraska May, 2015 PHILANTHROPY AND THE NEW ENGLAND EMIGRANT AID COMPANY, 1854- 1900. Courtney Buchkoski, M.A. University of Nebraska, 2015 Advisor: Kenneth Winkle This project examines the New England Emigrant Aid Company colonization of Kansas in 1854 as a solution to the growing debate over popular sovereignty and slave labor. It uses the Company as a lens to reinterpret the intellectual history of philanthropy, tracing its roots from Puritan ideas of charity to the capitalistic giving of the nineteenth century.
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