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back-to-Africa narratives from the 1850s

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An edition of Liberian dreams (1998)

Liberian dreams

back-to-Africa narratives from the 1850s

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"In the early nineteenth century, the American Colonization Society was formed for the purpose of encouraging emigration of free blacks to Africa. While intent on ridding the United States of what they saw as a dangerous black population, the association also attracted some liberals who viewed its goals as an incentive toward emancipation." "Attitudes among African Americans toward colonization were varied, viewed by some as an opportunity to start new lives in a free country and by others as a deceptive scheme of the white man. But when the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 put the freedom of every person of African descent in jeopardy, many began to consider emigration their only option." "This collection of historic documents illuminates the debate on emigration through the narratives of four black men who in 1853 traveled to the new black nation of Liberia. Their accounts offer surprisingly different views and insights on the young country and provide both endorsements and condemnations of the colonization effort."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
234

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Liberian dreams: back-to-Africa narratives from the 1850s
1998, Pennsylvania State University Press
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Table of Contents

The looking-glass : being a true report and narrative of the life, travels, and labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson / Daniel H. Peterson
Four months in Liberia, or, African colonization exposed / William Nesbit
Four years in Liberia : a sketch of the life of Rev. Samuel Williams, with remarks on the missions, manners, and customs of the natives of western Africa ; Together with An answer to Nesbit's book / Samuel Williams
Five letters on Liberian colonization, including an original biographical sketch of Augustus Washington by Wilson Jeremiah Moses / Augustus Washington.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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University Park, Pa

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
966.62/02
Library of Congress
DT634 .L53 1998, DT634.L53 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxiv, 234 p. ;
Number of pages
234

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL690034M
Internet Archive
liberiandreamsba0000unse
ISBN 10
0271017104, 0271017112
LCCN
97037112
OCLC/WorldCat
37545563
Library Thing
1330521
Goodreads
1075901
3616990

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