Another America: the story of Liberia and the former slaves who ruled it

✍ Scribed by American Colonization Society.;Ciment, James

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux;Hill and Wang
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Edition: 1st ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In 1820, a group of about eighty African Americans reversed the course of history and sailed back to Africa, to a place they would name after liberty itself. They went under the banner of the American Colonization Society, a white philanthropic organization with a dual agenda: to rid America of its blacks, and to convert Africans to Christianity. The settlers staked out a beachhead; their numbers grew as more boats arrived; and after breaking free from their white overseers, they founded Liberia -- Africa's first black republic -- in 1847.;The black Mayflower -- Original sin -- First families and fresh graves -- Africa's lone star -- A matter of color -- The African banquet -- Conquering hero -- The slave ring -- The original African big man -- Father and son -- Epilogue.

✦ Table of Contents

The black Mayflower --
Original sin --
First families and fresh graves --
Africa's lone star --
A matter of color --
The African banquet --
Conquering hero --
The slave ring --
The original African big man --
Father and son --
Epilogue.

✦ Subjects

Afro-amerikaner;Internationella relationer;African Americans--Colonization--Liberia;African Americans--Colonization;International relations;History;Biography;American Colonization Society;African Americans -- Colonization -- Liberia;Liberia -- History;Liberia -- Relations -- United States;United States -- Relations -- Liberia;African Americans -- Colonization;Liberia;United States;Liberia -- historia;Förenta staterna