Liberia & the Quest for Freedom

Liberia & the Quest for Freedom
Author: C. Patrick Burrowes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-06-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9780998390543

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Africa's past and present are deeply influenced by the capture and selling of millions of its people over several centuries. To a greater extent, that is true for Liberia, a country to which blacks from the Americas returned. Liberia's recent civil war, the trans-Atlantic slave trade inflicted pains, traumas and losses that cannot be ignored out of existence. Driven beneath the surface, they corrode our conscience and erode our humanity. By pretending they did not happen, we destroy our ability to tell right from wrong, victims from villains. Echoes of the slavery era can be heard in the derogatory names we call each other like "Gio," "Belle," and "ex-slaves." Liberians living today are called upon to build peace by doing away with relations of great inequality. They have no better examples than the first generation of Liberians, both repatriates and indigenous, who worked together to do just that.

Liberia and the Quest for Freedom

Liberia and the Quest for Freedom
Author: C. Burrowes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2019-08-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9781089438069

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Africa's past and present are deeply influenced by the capture and selling of millions of its people over several centuries. To a greater extent, that is true for Liberia, a country to which blacks from the Americas returned. Liberia's recent civil war, the trans-Atlantic slave trade inflicted pains, traumas and losses that cannot be ignored out of existence. Driven beneath the surface, they corrode our conscience and erode our humanity. By pretending they did not happen, we destroy our ability to tell right from wrong, victims from villains. Echoes of the slavery era can be heard in the derogatory names we call each other like "Gio," "Belle," and "ex-slaves." Liberians living today are called upon to build peace by doing away with relations of great inequality. They have no better examples than the first generation of Liberians, both repatriates and indigenous, who worked together to do just that.

The Captive's Quest for Freedom

The Captive's Quest for Freedom
Author: R. J. M. Blackett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 531
Release: 2018-01-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108311105

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This magisterial study, ten years in the making by one of the field's most distinguished historians, will be the first to explore the impact fugitive slaves had on the politics of the critical decade leading up to the Civil War. Through the close reading of diverse sources ranging from government documents to personal accounts, Richard J. M. Blackett traces the decisions of slaves to escape, the actions of those who assisted them, the many ways black communities responded to the capture of fugitive slaves, and how local laws either buttressed or undermined enforcement of the federal law. Every effort to enforce the law in northern communities produced levels of subversion that generated national debate so much so that, on the eve of secession, many in the South, looking back on the decade, could argue that the law had been effectively subverted by those individuals and states who assisted fleeing slaves.

Liberia

Liberia
Author: J. Gus Liebenow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN:

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The Captive's Quest for Freedom

The Captive's Quest for Freedom
Author: R. J. M. Blackett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 531
Release: 2018-01-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108418716

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Examines the impact fugitive slaves had on the Fugitive Slave Law and the coming of the American Civil War.

Roadmap to the True Independence of Liberia

Roadmap to the True Independence of Liberia
Author: Honorable Saywalla H. Dayrell
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2023-11-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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About the Book Roadmap to the True Independence of Liberia details the changing mindset of Liberians as a way forward for development and growth. Honorable explores the land disputes and solutions that have failed to reach resolution, as well as the rapid growth of Islam in Africa. Showcasing the difference between good government and bad government, Honorable sheds new light onto Liberia’s past and present, in order to achieve a brighter future. About the Author Honorable lived within the Coca-Cola community before traveling to the United States in 2015. He served as a community secretary from 2008 to 2009, before serving as a secretary for the elders from 2009 to 2011. He provides funding to community chairmen to provide security for community residents overnight while in Liberia. Honorable holds an MS in Human Services from Capella University, and a BBA in Accounting from the University of Liberia. He is a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success. Honorable enjoys reading, asking questions, researching, and rendering assistance to those in need. He is married with a daughter, two adopted children, and a stepson.

Democracy Versus Dictatorship

Democracy Versus Dictatorship
Author: Emmanuel Dolo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN:

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This book is a study of the deportation of African-Americans to Liberia and the oppression that this deportation caused. It describes the tensions that developed between indigenous people and settlers. Dolo details the events leading to the civil war.

Careysburg

Careysburg
Author: Benjamin G. Freeman IV
Publisher:
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2014-09-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781478734413

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Careysburg recounts the story of the freed blacks from America, who settled in the West African St. Paul River settlement of Liberia beginning in 1856. The settlement was greatly influenced by Western culture; however, there were intermarriages with indigenous regional groups, mainly the Kpelle and Bassa tribes. In the following text, two basic research questions are asked: (1) Did settlers who were seeking freedom achieve the true promise of freedom? and (2) How did their pursuit of freedom impact their social and cultural relationship with the indigenous people?

Between the Kola Forest and the Salty Sea

Between the Kola Forest and the Salty Sea
Author: C. Patrick Burrowes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2016-12-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9780998390512

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Between the Kola Forest and the Salty Sea reveals the long-hidden story of those who lived in the region before Liberia was created. It draws on oral traditions, archaeological digs, historical linguistics, studies of cultural patterns embedded in material culture, regional and continental histories, and biological anthropology.

Freedom Rising

Freedom Rising
Author: Christian Welzel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2013-12-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1107034701

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This is the first study to demonstrate the role of cultural change in the global rise of freedoms. In multiple ways, the author illustrates how emerging "emancipative values" intertwine technological and institutional changes into a single trend toward human empowerment. The author interprets his broad and far-reaching findings from societies around the world in a new and coherent framework: the evolutionary theory of emancipation.