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Author:

Reef, Catherine.

Title:

This our dark country : the American settlers of Liberia / Catherine Reef.

Publisher:

Clarion Books,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

136 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Colonization--Liberia--Juvenile literature.
Liberia--History--To 1847--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Liberia--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Colonization--Africa--Juvenile literature.
Slaves--Emancipation--Juvenile literature.
Slavery--Anti-slavery movements--Juvenile literature.
American Colonization Society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-132) and index.

Contents:

"These Free, Sunny Shores" -- "Beyond the Reach of Mixture" -- Divine providence -- Americans -- Life upriver -- Progress -- "Some Fertile Country" -- "The Beclouded Sun" -- Epilogue: Liberia, troubled land.

Summary:

Explores the history of the colony, later the independent nation of Liberia, which was established on the west coast of Africa in 1822 as a haven for free African Americans.

ISBN:

9780618147854 : HRD
0618147853 : HRD

LCCN:

2002003966

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)