African-American Exploration in West Africa: Four Nineteenth-Century Diaries

by George L. Seymour, James L. Sims, Benjamin J.K. Anderson, et al.

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In the 1860s, as America waged civil war, several thousand African Americans sought greater freedom by emigrating to the fledgling nation of Liberia. While some argued that the new black republic represented disposal rather than emancipation, a few intrepid men set out to explore their African home. African-American Exploration in West Africa collects the travel diaries of James L. Sims, George L. Seymour, and Benjamin J. K. Anderson, who explored...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0253341949

ISBN13:9780253341945

Release Date:November 2003

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Length:504 Pages

Weight:1.89 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.4" x 9.7"

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History Travel

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