Atlantic Bonds : A Nineteenth-Century Odyssey from America to Africa /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lindsay, Lisa A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Vaughan, James Churchwill, > 1828-1893.
Back to Africa movement.
African Americans.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Retour en Afrique (Mouvement)
Noirs americains > Nigeria (Sud-Ouest) > Biographies.
African Americans > Nigeria, Southwest > Biography.
Southwest Nigeria.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (328 pages).
ISBN:9781469631141
Access:Open Access

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