An African Republic : Black and White Virginians in the Making of Liberia /

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 identiti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tyler-McGraw, Marie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
American Colonization Society
American Colonization Society.
American Colonization Society > History.
Politieke onafhankelijkheid.
Umsiedlung
White people.
Race relations.
Free African Americans.
Emigration and immigration.
African Americans > Colonization.
African Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Blancs > Virginie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains affranchis > Virginie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains > Virginie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains > Colonisation > Liberia.
White people > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Free African Americans > Virginia > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Virginia > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Colonization > Liberia.
Virginia.
Liberia.
Liberia
Virginie > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Virginie > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Liberia > Histoire > 1847-1944.
Liberia > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1847.
Virginia > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Virginia > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Liberia > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Liberia > History > 1847-1944.
Liberia > History > To 1847.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9781469604718

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