Title An African republic : Black & White Virginians in the making of Liberia / Marie Tyler-McGraw

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 249 pages) : illustrations, map Series The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. Contents A small frisson of fear, soon soothed -- The alchemy of colonization -- Auxiliary arms -- Ho, all ye that are by the pale-faces' law oppressed: out of Virginia -- My old mistress promise me -- Revising the future in Virginia -- Virginians in Liberia -- Liberians in Africa and America -- Civil War to white city Summary An African Republic follows the experiences of the emigrants from Virginia to Liberia, where some became the leadership class, consciously seeking to demonstrate black abilities, while others found greater hardship and early death. Tyler-McGraw carefully examines the tensions between racial identities, domestic visions, and republican citizenship in Virginia and Liberia. --from publisher description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject American Colonization Society -- History SUBJECT American Colonization Society fast American Colonization Society gnd Subject African Americans -- Colonization -- Liberia African Americans -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Free African Americans -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century White people -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- Africa -- West. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. African Americans African Americans -- Colonization Emigration and immigration Free African Americans Race relations White people Umsiedlung Politieke onafhankelijkheid. SUBJECT Liberia -- History -- To 1847. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076456 Liberia -- History -- 1847-1944. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076457 Liberia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century Virginia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century Virginia -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century Subject Liberia Virginia Liberia Liberia. Virginia. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2007014848 ISBN 9780807867785 0807867780 9781469604718 146960471X

Other Titles Black and White Virginians in the making of Liberia

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