The American Colonization Society: And the Founding of the First African Republic

David, John Seh

ISBN 10: 149173423X / ISBN 13: 9781491734230

Published by iUniverse 2014-06, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The American Colonization Society: And the Founding of the First African Republic
• Publisher: iUniverse 2014-06
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 149173423X
• ISBN 13: 9781491734230
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Most historical narratives about Africans in America begin with Jamestown, Virginia, where enslaved Angolans were sold in 1619. However, this book commences with blacks as explorers in the Americas before Christopher Columbus arrival. The point here is to demonstrate that slavery robbed Africa of its heritage and impoverished the continent. Once Africans landed in America as slaves, state laws denied them civil rights and humane treatment. The hopelessness, brutalization, and alienation of blacks aroused the conscientiousness of humanitarian groups to seek the repatriation of freed men to their ancestry homeland in Africa, away from Anglo Americans. This became a risky rescue mission, which put the ACS in direct opposition with anti-colonizationists. This book highlights the complicity of the precarious endeavor and the founding of the first African Republic on the continent.

About the Author

Author John S. David holds a PhD in higher education from the University of North Texas. He is currently on staff at Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas. He is also a lecturer of Diversity Leadership in Higher Education at Central Washington University via Distance Learning Program.