Mississippi in Africa
By: Alan Huffman.
Publisher: Gotham Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Ross family; Slave insurrections -- Mississippi -- Jefferson County -- History -- 19th century; Plantation life -- Mississippi -- Jefferson County -- History -- 19th century; Wills -- Mississippi -- Jefferson County -- History -- 19th century; Plantation owners -- Mississippi -- Jefferson County -- Biography; Slaves -- Mississippi -- Jefferson County -- Biography; Freedmen -- Mississippi -- Jefferson County -- Biography; Jefferson County (Miss.) -- Race relations; Jefferson County (Miss.) -- Biography; Liberia -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: Provides a study of two hundred freed slaves from Mississippi who journeyed to Liberia to build a new colony, the cultural conflict between the colonists and native tribal peoples, and the repercussions of that conflict in modern-day Liberia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Maps on lining papers.