This our dark country : the American settlers of Liberia

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This our dark country : the American settlers of Liberia

Catherine Reef

Clarion Books, c2002

  • alk. paper

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Summary: Explores the history of the colony, later the independent nation of Liberia, which was established on the west coast of Africa in 1822 as a haven for free African Americans

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-132) and index

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Contents of Works

  • "These Free, Sunny Shores"
  • "Beyond the Reach of Mixture"
  • Divine providence
  • Americans
  • Life upriver
  • Progress
  • "Some Fertile Country"
  • "The Beclouded Sun"
  • Epilogue: Liberia, troubled land
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