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Liberty brought us here : the true story of American slaves who migrated to Liberia / Susan E. Lindsey.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lindsey, Susan E., 1952- author.
Series:
Kentucky scholarship online.
Kentucky scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African Americans--Liberia.
African Americans.
Freed persons--Liberia.
Freed persons.
Major family.
Harlan family.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
Place of Publication:
Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2021.
Summary:
Drawing on extensive research and 15 years' worth of surviving letters, Susan E. Lindsey illuminates the trials and triumphs of building a new life in Liberia, where settlers were free, but struggled to acclimatise in an unfamiliar land, coexist with indigenous groups, and overcome disease and other dangers. 'Liberty Brought Us Here' explores the motives and attitudes of colonization supporters and those who lived in the colony, offering perspectives beyond the standard narrative that colonization was solely about racism or forced exile.
Notes:
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 30, 2020).
Previously issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780813179353
0813179351
9780813179346
0813179343

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