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- catalog abstract ""In the early nineteenth century, the American Colonization Society was formed for the purpose of encouraging emigration of free blacks to Africa. While intent on ridding the United States of what they saw as a dangerous black population, the association also attracted some liberals who viewed its goals as an incentive toward emancipation." "Attitudes among African Americans toward colonization were varied, viewed by some as an opportunity to start new lives in a free country and by others as a deceptive scheme of the white man. But when the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 put the freedom of every person of African descent in jeopardy, many began to consider emigration their only option." "This collection of historic documents illuminates the debate on emigration through the narratives of four black men who in 1853 traveled to the new black nation of Liberia. Their accounts offer surprisingly different views and insights on the young country and provide both endorsements and condemnations of the colonization effort."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10697839.
- catalog coverage "Liberia Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "Liberia History 1847-1944 Sources.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""In the early nineteenth century, the American Colonization Society was formed for the purpose of encouraging emigration of free blacks to Africa. While intent on ridding the United States of what they saw as a dangerous black population, the association also attracted some liberals who viewed its goals as an incentive toward emancipation." "Attitudes among African Americans toward colonization were varied, viewed by some as an opportunity to start new lives in a free country and by others as a deceptive scheme of the white man. But when the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 put the freedom of every person of African descent in jeopardy, many began to consider emigration their only option."".
- catalog description ""This collection of historic documents illuminates the debate on emigration through the narratives of four black men who in 1853 traveled to the new black nation of Liberia. Their accounts offer surprisingly different views and insights on the young country and provide both endorsements and condemnations of the colonization effort."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The looking-glass : being a true report and narrative of the life, travels, and labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson / Daniel H. Peterson -- Four months in Liberia, or, African colonization exposed / William Nesbit -- Four years in Liberia : a sketch of the life of Rev. Samuel Williams, with remarks on the missions, manners, and customs of the natives of western Africa ; Together with An answer to Nesbit's book / Samuel Williams -- Five letters on Liberian colonization / Augustus Washington.".
- catalog extent "xxxiv, 234 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Liberian dreams.".
- catalog identifier "0271017104 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0271017112 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Liberian dreams.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press,".
- catalog relation "Liberian dreams.".
- catalog spatial "Liberia Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Liberia History 1847-1944 Sources.".
- catalog subject "966.62/02 21".
- catalog subject "Back to Africa movement History Sources.".
- catalog subject "DT634 .L53 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "The looking-glass : being a true report and narrative of the life, travels, and labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson / Daniel H. Peterson -- Four months in Liberia, or, African colonization exposed / William Nesbit -- Four years in Liberia : a sketch of the life of Rev. Samuel Williams, with remarks on the missions, manners, and customs of the natives of western Africa ; Together with An answer to Nesbit's book / Samuel Williams -- Five letters on Liberian colonization / Augustus Washington.".
- catalog title "Liberian dreams : back-to-Africa narratives from the 1850s / edited by Wilson Jeremiah Moses.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Sources. fast".
- catalog type "text".