Journey of hope : the Back-to-Africa movement in Arkansas in the late 1800s / Kenneth C. Barnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnes, Kenneth C., 1956-

Series:

John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.

John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Colonization--Liberia.

African Americans.

African Americans--Arkansas--History--19th century.

Sharecroppers--Arkansas--History--19th century.

Sharecroppers.

Black nationalism--History--19th century.

Black nationalism.

Liberia--History--1847-1944.

Liberia.

Liberia--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Arkansas--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Arkansas.

American Colonization Society--History.

American Colonization Society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kenneth C. Barnes explains why so many black Arkansas sharecroppers dreamed of Africa and how their dreams of Liberia differed from the reality. This narrative also examines the role of poor black farmers in the creation of a black nationalist identity and the importance of the symbolism of an ancestral continent.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One. The Liberia Exodus Arkansas Colony, 1877–1880; Two. A Movement Ebbs and Flows: The 1880's; Three. Hope Ignites: Liberia Fever, 1888–1891; Four. Gaw'n t' 'Beria: The Crisis of 1892; Five. Troublemakers; Six. Missions; Seven. The Meaning of Africa; Eight. The Last Voyages; Nine. In Liberia; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-258) and index.

ISBN:

9798890877994

9780807876220

0807876224

OCLC:

476236361