Format:
xiii, 281 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
24 cm
ISBN:
9780813066752
Content:
"Countering assumptions that the West African colony of Liberia was an endpoint in the journeys of the free people of color who traveled there, Robert Murray reveals that many Liberian settlers returned repeatedly to the United States, and he explores the ways this movement shaped the construction of race in the Atlantic world"--
Note:
"To Be Called a Free Colored Man in the States is Synonymous with What We Here Term Slavery": Transformative Mobility and Liberian Travels through the United States -- "All Those Things Desirable for a Map to Show": Space, Cartography, and Control in Colonial Liberia -- "Nearly All Have Natives as Helps in their Families, and This is as it Should Be": The "Civilizing" Mission of Unfree Labor -- "They Would Dearly Learn What It Was to Fight White Men" : Whitening through Violence in Liberia -- "Your Views Cross the Atlantic": Black and White Responses to Settler Activism
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-8130-5773-6
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
USA
;
Sklavenhandel
;
Liberianer
;
Geschichte 1820-1857
URL:
https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813066752
