Another America
Ciment, James2014
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In 1820, a small group of African Americans reversed the course of centuries and sailed to Africa, to a place they would name after liberty itself. They went under the aegis of the American Colonization Society, a white philanthropic organization with a dual agenda: to rid America of its blacks and to evangelize Africa. The settlers, eventually numbering in the thousands, broke free from the ACS and, in 1847, established the Republic of Liberia. This book presents a popular history of the former slaves who founded, ruled, and lost Africa's first republic.
Main title:
Another America / James Ciment.
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Imprint:
New York : Hill and Wang, 2014.
Collation:
320 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780809026951 (pbk)
Dewey class:
966.62
Language:
English
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BRN:
75625
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