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Amos J. Beyan - African American Settlements in West Africa - 9781349530946 - V9781349530946
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African American Settlements in West Africa

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Description for African American Settlements in West Africa paperback. An examination of the life of John Brown, which serves as a means of exploring American colonizing attempts in West Africa in the early 19th century. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; HBJK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
John Brown Russwurm and African American Settlement in West Africa examines Russwurm's intellectual accomplishments and significant contributions to the black civil rights movement in America from 1826 - 1829, and more significantly explores the essential characteristics that distinguished his thoughts and endeavours from other black leaders in America, Liberia and Maryland in Liberia. Not surprisingly, the most controversial of Russwurm's ideas was his unwavering support of the American Colonization Society (ACS) and the Maryland State Colonization Society (MSCS), two organizations that most civil rights activists found racist and pro-slavery. Beyan probes the social and intellectual sources, underlying motives and the ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349530946
SKU
V9781349530946
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About Amos J. Beyan
AMOS BEYAN is Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at Western Michigan University, USA.

Reviews for African American Settlements in West Africa
"Authoritative and approachable. A significant contribution to the literature." - Katherine Bankole, West Virginia University "John Brown Russwurm analyzes the relationship between nineteenth-century colonization societies interested in Africa, which were dominated by whites and advocated Christian morals and American values; African-American settler communities, comprised of persons with varying levels of dedication to these Western codes; and indigenous Africans, who clung ... Read more

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