African–American Exploration in West Africa – Four Nineteenth–Century Diaries
African-American Exploration in West AfricaFour Nineteenth-Century Diaries\nAuthor(s): James Fairhead, Tim Geysbeek, Svend E. Holsoe, Melissa Leach\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253341945, 978-0253341945\nSynopsis\nIn 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 its geography, people, flora, and fauna. The dangers of the journeys surface, tooS.
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