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"A decade before the American Civil War, James Churchwill Vaughan (1828-93) set out to fulfill his formerly enslaved father's dying wish: that he should leave his home in South Carolina for a new life in Africa. He traveled first to Liberia, then with Southern Baptist missionaries to "...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lindsay, Lisa A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Colección:H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
Temas:
Vaughan, James Churchwill, > 1828-1893.
Vaughan, James Churchwill, > 1828-1893
African Americans > Nigeria, Southwest > Biography.
Back to Africa movement.
Noirs américains > Nigeria (Sud-Ouest) > Biographies.
Retour en Afrique (Mouvement)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
African Americans
Back to Africa movement
Southwest Nigeria
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"A decade before the American Civil War, James Churchwill Vaughan (1828-93) set out to fulfill his formerly enslaved father's dying wish: that he should leave his home in South Carolina for a new life in Africa. He traveled first to Liberia, then with Southern Baptist missionaries to "Yoruba country." Over the next forty years in today's southwestern Nigeria, Vaughan was taken captive, served as a military sharpshooter, built and re-built a livelihood, led a revolt against white racism, and founded a family of activists"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469631134
146963113X
9781469631141
1469631148

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