An African Republic: Black & White Virginians in the Making of Liberia

An African Republic follows the experiences of the emigrants from Virginia to Liberia, where some became the leadership class, consciously seeking to demonstrate black abilities, while others found greater hardship and early death. Tyler-McGraw carefully examines the tensions between racial identities, domestic visions, and republican citizenship in Virginia and Liberia. --from publisher description

Author(s): Marie Tyler-McGraw
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2007
Pages: 265
Categories: Social Science