Another America
Subtitle: the story of Liberia and the former slaves who ruled it
By: James Ciment
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780809095421
Subjects: Colonization; African Americans; Relations; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: The black Mayflower; title: Original sin; title: First families and fresh graves; title: Africa's lone star; title: A matter of color; title: The African banquet; title: Conquering hero; title: The slave ring; title: The original African big man; title: Father and son.