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- catalog abstract ""In the 1860s, as America waged civil war, several thousand African Americans sought greater freedom by emigrating to the fledgling nation of Liberia. While some argued that the new black republic represented disposal rather than emancipation, a few intrepid men set out to explore their African home. African-American Exploration in West Africa collects the travel diaries of James L. Sims, George L. Seymour, and Benjamin J.K. Anderson, who explored the territory that is now Liberia and Guinea Between 1858 and 1874. These remarkable diaries reveal the wealth and beauty of Africa in striking descriptions of the geography, people, flora, and fauna. The dangers of the journeys surface, too - Seymour was attacked and later died of his wounds, and his companion, Levin Ash, was captured and sold into slavery again." "Challenging the notion that there were no black explorers in Africa, these diaries provide unique perspectives on nineteenth century Liberian life and life in the interior of the continent before it was radically changed by European colonialism."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b13043904.
- catalog contributor b13043905.
- catalog contributor b13043906.
- catalog contributor b13043907.
- catalog coverage "Guinea Discovery and exploration.".
- catalog coverage "Liberia Discovery and exploration.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""In the 1860s, as America waged civil war, several thousand African Americans sought greater freedom by emigrating to the fledgling nation of Liberia. While some argued that the new black republic represented disposal rather than emancipation, a few intrepid men set out to explore their African home. African-American Exploration in West Africa collects the travel diaries of James L. Sims, George L. Seymour, and Benjamin J.K. Anderson, who explored the territory that is now Liberia and Guinea Between 1858 and 1874. These remarkable diaries reveal the wealth and beauty of Africa in striking descriptions of the geography, people, flora, and fauna. The dangers of the journeys surface, too - Seymour was attacked and later died of his wounds, and his companion, Levin Ash, was captured and sold into slavery again." "Challenging the notion that there were no black explorers in Africa, these diaries provide unique perspectives on nineteenth century Liberian life and life in the interior of the continent before it was radically changed by European colonialism."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-450) and index.".
- catalog description "The Liberia of the journeys -- Journeys in the interior -- James L. Sims, 1858 -- George L. Seymour, 1858 -- Benjamin J.K. Anderson, 1868-69 -- Benjamin J.K. Anderson, 1874 -- The journeys and the interior.".
- catalog extent "xii, 488 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "African-American exploration in West Africa.".
- catalog identifier "0253341949 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "African-American exploration in West Africa.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bloomington : Indiana University Press,".
- catalog relation "African-American exploration in West Africa.".
- catalog spatial "Guinea Discovery and exploration.".
- catalog spatial "Guinea".
- catalog spatial "Liberia Discovery and exploration.".
- catalog spatial "Liberia".
- catalog subject "916.66204/2/092396073 21".
- catalog subject "African Americans Guinea Diaries.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Guinea History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Liberia Diaries.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Liberia History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "DT634 .A37 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Liberia of the journeys -- Journeys in the interior -- James L. Sims, 1858 -- George L. Seymour, 1858 -- Benjamin J.K. Anderson, 1868-69 -- Benjamin J.K. Anderson, 1874 -- The journeys and the interior.".
- catalog title "African-American exploration in West Africa : four nineteenth-century diaries / edited by James Fairhead ... [et al.].".
- catalog type "Diaries. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".