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Subject(s)

• Liberia—History—To 1847 [Browse]
• Liberia—History—To 1847—Sources [Browse]
• Russwurm, John Brown 1799-1851 [Browse]
• African Americans—Colonization—Liberia—History—19th century—Sources [Browse]
• Pan-Africanism—History—19th century—Sources [Browse]
• African Americans—Colonization—Liberia—History—19th century [Browse]
• Pan-Africanism—History—19th century [Browse]
• African American intellectuals—Biography [Browse]

Related name

• Russwurm, John Brown, 1799-1851 [Browse]

Summary note

"If I know my own heart, I can truly say, that I have not a selfish wish in placing myself under the patronage of the [American Colonization] Society; usefulness in my day and generation, is what I principally court.". "Sensible then, as all are of the disadvantages under which we at present labour, can any consider it a mark of folly, for us to cast our eyes upon some other portion of the globe where all these inconveniences are removed where the Man of Colour freed from the fetters and prejudice, and degradation, under which he labours in this land, may walk forth in all the majesty of his c

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Language note

English

Contents

• Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; A Note on Quotations; PART I: John Brown Russwurm; Prologue: The Man Out of Place; 1 From Boy to Man; 2 Freedom's Journal: Pleading Our Own Cause; 3 Quitting America and Its Cost; 4 ""We Have Found a Haven"": In the Land of His Fathers; 5 Governor Russwurm: The Cape Palmas Years; Epilogue: Russwurm in His Rightful Place; PART II: Selected Writings of John Brown Russwurm; Editorial Note; 1 Early Writings; The Condition and Prospects of Hayti; 2 Writings from Freedom's Journal; Part A. Uplift, Abolitionism, and Opposition to Colonization
• Part B. Our Views Are Materially Altered: Looking toward Liberia3 Writings from Liberia; Part A. First Impressions: Two Early Letters from Liberia; Part B. Writings from the Liberia Herald; Part C. Letters Home from Afar to a Brother; Part D. Governor Russwurm: Departing from the Old and Beaten Paths; Part E. Sometimes We Despond a Little: Some Candid and Private; Part F. Home from Home: A Visit to Maine and After; Part G. ""None in Your Employ Eat the Bread of Idleness in Africa"": A Governor's Dispatches; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• About the Author

ISBN

• 0-8147-4290-4
• 0-8147-4314-5
• 0-8147-4372-2

OCLC

• 779828129
• 662461505

Doi

• 10.18574/nyu/9780814742891.001.0001

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