Author: Susan E. Lindsey
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081317936X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Between 1820 and 1913, approximately 16,000 black people left the United States to start new lives in Liberia, Africa, in what was at the time the largest out-migration in US history. When Tolbert Major, a former Kentucky slave and single father, was offered his own chance for freedom, he accepted. He, several family members, and seventy other people boarded the Luna on July 5, 1836. After they arrived in Liberia, Tolbert penned a letter to his former owner, Ben Major: "Dear Sir, We have all landed on the shores of Africa and got into our houses.... None of us have been taken with the fever yet." Drawing on extensive research and fifteen years' worth of surviving letters, author Susan E. Lindsey illuminates the trials and triumphs of building a new life in Liberia, where settlers were free, but struggled to acclimate themselves to an unfamiliar land, coexist with indigenous groups, and overcome disease and other dangers. Liberty Brought Us Here: The True Story of American Slaves Who Migrated to Liberia explores the motives and attitudes of colonization supporters and those who lived in the colony, offering perspectives beyond the standard narrative that colonization was driven solely by racism or forced exile.
Liberty Brought Us Here
In the Shadow of Liberty
Author: Kenneth C. Davis
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1627793127
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Did you know that many of America’s Founding Fathers—who fought for liberty and justice for all—were slave owners? Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were “owned” by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about the role slavery played in the founding of America. From Billy Lee, valet to George Washington, to Alfred Jackson, faithful servant of Andrew Jackson, these dramatic narratives explore our country’s great tragedy—that a nation “conceived in liberty” was also born in shackles. These stories help us know the real people who were essential to the birth of this nation but traditionally have been left out of the history books. Their stories are true—and they should be heard. This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1627793127
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Did you know that many of America’s Founding Fathers—who fought for liberty and justice for all—were slave owners? Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were “owned” by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about the role slavery played in the founding of America. From Billy Lee, valet to George Washington, to Alfred Jackson, faithful servant of Andrew Jackson, these dramatic narratives explore our country’s great tragedy—that a nation “conceived in liberty” was also born in shackles. These stories help us know the real people who were essential to the birth of this nation but traditionally have been left out of the history books. Their stories are true—and they should be heard. This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.
Liberty Brought Us Here
Author: Susan E. Lindsey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813179339
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Between 1820 and 1913, thousands of black people left the United States to start new lives in Liberia, Africa, in what was at the time the largest out-migration in US history. When Tolbert Major, a Kentucky slave and single father, was offered his own chance for freedom, he accepted. He, several family members, and almost seventy other people boarded the Luna on July 5, 1836. After they arrived in Liberia, Tolbert penned a letter to his former owner, Ben Major: "Dear Sir, We have all landed on the shores of Africa and got into our houses.... None of us have been taken with the fever yet." Drawing on extensive research and fifteen years' worth of surviving letters, author Susan E. Lindsey illuminates the trials and triumphs of building a new life in Liberia, where settlers were free, but struggled to acclimate in an unfamiliar land, coexist with indigenous groups, and overcome disease and other dangers. Liberty Brought Us Here: The True Story of American Slaves Who Migrated to Liberia explores the motives and attitudes of colonization supporters and those who lived in the colony, offering perspectives beyond the standard narrative that colonization was solely about racism or forced exile.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780813179339
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Between 1820 and 1913, thousands of black people left the United States to start new lives in Liberia, Africa, in what was at the time the largest out-migration in US history. When Tolbert Major, a Kentucky slave and single father, was offered his own chance for freedom, he accepted. He, several family members, and almost seventy other people boarded the Luna on July 5, 1836. After they arrived in Liberia, Tolbert penned a letter to his former owner, Ben Major: "Dear Sir, We have all landed on the shores of Africa and got into our houses.... None of us have been taken with the fever yet." Drawing on extensive research and fifteen years' worth of surviving letters, author Susan E. Lindsey illuminates the trials and triumphs of building a new life in Liberia, where settlers were free, but struggled to acclimate in an unfamiliar land, coexist with indigenous groups, and overcome disease and other dangers. Liberty Brought Us Here: The True Story of American Slaves Who Migrated to Liberia explores the motives and attitudes of colonization supporters and those who lived in the colony, offering perspectives beyond the standard narrative that colonization was solely about racism or forced exile.
The African Repository and Colonial Journal
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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African Repository and Colonial Journal
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Ballads for the Times ...
Author: Martin Farquhar Tupper
Publisher: London : [s.n.]
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher: London : [s.n.]
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Ballads for the Times, Geraldine, Hactenus, A Thousand Lines, and Other Poems
Author: Martin Farquhar Tupper
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Lays and rhymes for the times [signed J.S.].
Author: J. S
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Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Littell's Living Age
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 688
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The Living Age
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Languages : en
Pages : 636
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