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Another America : the story of Liberia and the former slaves who ruled it / James Ciment.

Title
Another America : the story of Liberia and the former slaves who ruled it / James Ciment.
Author
Ciment, James.
Publication
New York : Hill and Wang, 2013.

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Description
xx, 296 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map, ports.; 24 cm.
Summary
In 1820, a group of about eighty African Americans reversed the course of history and sailed back to Africa, to a place they would name after liberty itself. They went under the banner of the American Colonization Society, a white philanthropic organization with a dual agenda: to rid America of its blacks, and to convert Africans to Christianity. The settlers staked out a beachhead; their numbers grew as more boats arrived; and after breaking free from their white overseers, they founded Liberia-- Africa's first black republic-- in 1847.
Subject
  • African Americans > Colonization > Liberia
  • American Colonization Society
  • Liberia > History
  • Liberia > Relations > United States
  • United States > Relations > Liberia
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-278) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The black Mayflower -- Original sin -- First families and fresh graves -- Africa's lone star -- A matter of color -- The African banquet -- Conquering hero -- The slave ring -- The original African big man -- Father and son.
ISBN
  • 9780809095421 :
  • 0809095424
LCCN
^^2012051089
OCLC
812068768
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library