This our dark country : the American settlers of Liberia

This our dark country : the American settlers of Liberia /

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Reef, Catherine
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Clarion Books, ©2002.
Subjects:	Schwarze, ... American Colonization Society. To 1899 African Americans > Colonization > Liberia > Juvenile literature. African Americans > Liberia > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature. African Americans > Colonization > Africa. African Americans > Liberia > History > 19th century. Enslaved persons > Emancipation. Antislavery movements. African Americans. African Americans > Colonization. Slaves > Emancipation > United States. African Americans > Colonization > Liberia > History > 19th century. Kolonisation Amerikaner Liberia > History > To 1847 > Juvenile literature. Liberia > History > To 1847. Liberia. Literature. History. Juvenile works.

Table of Contents:

"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.