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01952cam a22004098 4500 001 91538E842B0211DE8760C407A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20220519010419 008 030115s2002 nyuab c b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2002003966 020 $a 9780618147854 : HRD 020 $a 0618147853 : HRD 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d SILO 082 00 $a 966.62/00496073 100 1 $a Reef, Catherine. 245 1 $a This our dark country : $b the American settlers of Liberia / $c Catherine Reef. 260 $a New York : $b Clarion Books, $c c2002. 300 $a 136 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-132) and index. 505 0 $a "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. 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Colonization $z Liberia $v Juvenile literature. 651 0 $a Liberia $x History $y To 1847 $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a African Americans $z Liberia $x History $y 19th century $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Colonization $z Africa $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Slaves $x Emancipation $v Juvenile literature. 650 0 $a Slavery $x Anti-slavery movements $v Juvenile literature. 610 21 $a American Colonization Society. 941 $a 7 952 $l DRPC413 $d 20201013025924.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006033710.0 952 $l IBAX173 $d 20180307013704.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l VFPB334 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=91538E842B0211DE8760C407A8D7520AInitiate Another SILO Locator Search