Mississippi in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mississippi in Africa write by Alan Huffman. This book was released on 2011-01-03. Mississippi in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When wealthy Mississippi cotton planter Isaac Ross died in 1836, his will decreed that his plantation, Prospect Hill, should be liquidated and the proceeds from the sale be used to pay for his slaves' passage to the newly established colony of Liberia in western Africa. Ross's heirs contested the will for more than a decade, prompting a deadly revolt in which a group of slaves burned Ross's mansion to the ground. But the will was ultimately upheld. The slaves then emigrated to their new home, where they battled the local tribes and built vast plantations with Greek Revival-style mansions in a region the Americo-Africans renamed “Mississippi in Africa.” In the late twentieth century, the seeds of resentment sown over a century of cultural conflict between the colonists and tribal people exploded, begetting a civil war that rages in Liberia to this day. Tracking down Prospect Hill's living descendants, deciphering a history ruled by rumor, and delivering the complete chronicle in riveting prose, journalist Alan Huffman has rescued a lost chapter of American history whose aftermath is far from over.
Mississippi in Africa
Mississippi in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mississippi in Africa write by Alan Huffman. This book was released on 2011-01-03. Mississippi in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When wealthy Mississippi cotton planter Isaac Ross died in 1836, his will decreed that his plantation, Prospect Hill, should be liquidated and the proceeds from the sale be used to pay for his slaves' passage to the newly established colony of Liberia in western Africa. Ross's heirs contested the will for more than a decade, prompting a deadly revolt in which a group of slaves burned Ross's mansion to the ground. But the will was ultimately upheld. The slaves then emigrated to their new home, where they battled the local tribes and built vast plantations with Greek Revival-style mansions in a region the Americo-Africans renamed “Mississippi in Africa.” In the late twentieth century, the seeds of resentment sown over a century of cultural conflict between the colonists and tribal people exploded, begetting a civil war that rages in Liberia to this day. Tracking down Prospect Hill's living descendants, deciphering a history ruled by rumor, and delivering the complete chronicle in riveting prose, journalist Alan Huffman has rescued a lost chapter of American history whose aftermath is far from over.
Mississippi to Africa
Mississippi to Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mississippi to Africa write by Melvin J. Collier. This book was released on 2008. Mississippi to Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Mississippi in Africa
Mississippi in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mississippi in Africa write by Alan Huffman. This book was released on 2010-07. Mississippi in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Originally published: New York, N.Y.: Gotham Books, c2004.
Mississippi to Africa
Mississippi to Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mississippi to Africa write by Melvin J. Collier. This book was released on 2012-05-24. Mississippi to Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mississippi to Africa captures Collier's fourteen-year journey in unearthing the buried history of his maternal grandmother's family - a journey that took him back seven generations, from northern Mississippi to the Piedmont hills of South Carolina, and even back to a specific people and region in West Africa where his ancestry undoubtedly began. Trekking the paths of his ancestors and their displaced relatives before Emancipation (1863), this emotion-filled journey traversed down an intricate paper trail of federal, state, and local records, other public records, and oral histories, presented in a narrative style to inspire, entice, and propel readers into the fascinating world of genealogy and historical discoveries. Collier also uncovered the ways in which his ancestors ingeniously retained aspects of their African heritage. DNA technology confirmed his research findings and verified ancestral ties. The reader will gain many research tips and techniques along the journey.
