Swing Low Sweet Chariot The Mortality Cost of Colonizing Liberia in the Ninetee

Name: Swing Low Sweet Chariot The Mortality Cost of Colonizing Liberia in the Ninetee
Brand: The University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press

Swing Low, Sweet ChariotThe Mortality Cost of Colonizing Liberia in the Nineteenth Century\nAuthor(s): Antonio McDaniel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226557243, 978-0226557243\nSynopsis\nIn the early 19th century, thousands of emancipated and freeborn blacks from the United States returned to Africa to colonize the area now known as Liberia. In this systematic study of the demographic impact of this move on the migrants, Antonio McDaniel finds that the health of migrant populations depends on the adaptability of the individuals in the group, not on their race. McDaniel compares the mortality rates of the emigrants to those of other migrants to tropical areas. He finds that, contrary to popular belief, black immigrants during this period died at unprecedented rates. Moreover, he shows that though the emigrant's mortality levels were exceptionally high, their mortality patterns were consi.