Liberia was founded by the American Colonization Society (ACS) in
the 1820s as an African refuge for free blacks and liberated
American slaves. While interest in African migration waned after
the Civil War, it roared back in the late nineteenth century with
the rise of Jim Crow segregation and disfranchisement throughout
the South. The back-to-Africa movement held great new appeal to the
South's most marginalized citizens, rural African Americans.
Nowhere was this interest in Liberia emigration greater than in
Arkansas. More emigrants to Liberia left from Arkansas than any
other state in the 1880s and 1890s. In Journey of Hope, Kenneth C.
Barnes explains why so many black Arkansas sharecroppers dreamed of
Africa and how their dreams of Liberia differed from the reality.
This rich narrative also examines the role of poor black farmers in
the creation of a black nationalist identity and the importance of
the symbolism of an ancestral continent. Based on letters to the
ACS and interviews of descendants of the emigrants in war-torn
Liberia, this study captures the life of black sharecroppers in the
late 1800s and their dreams of escaping to Africa.
General
| Imprint: |
The University of North Carolina Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History & Culture |
| Release date: |
September 2004 |
| First published: |
September 2004 |
| Authors: |
Kenneth C. Barnes
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
268 |
| Edition: |
New edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8078-5550-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
African history >
General
Books >
History >
African history >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-8078-5550-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780807855508 |
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