Title: Mississippi in Africa
Subtitle: the saga of the slaves of Prospect Hill Plantation and their legacy in Liberia today
First published: 2004
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.
Subjects: Freedmen, Plantation owners, Wills, Race relations, Plantation life, Slaves, Slave insurrections, African Americans, Biography, History, Slave insurrections, united states, Slaves, united states, Freedmen, united states, Mississippi, biography, Liberia, history, Mississippi, history, Freed persons
Places: Jefferson County, Mississippi, Liberia, Jefferson County (Miss.)
People: Ross family
Time periods: 19th century