The Colonization And Establishment Of Liberia
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The Colonization And Establishment Of Liberia
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-08-21
The Colonization And Establishment Of Liberia written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-21 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading In the spring of 1786, an organization was founded in London to provide some aid for destitute blacks and Asians in the British capital who were by then beginning to become conspicuous. Quite a number of them were resettled blacks from the American colonies who aided British forces in the Revolutionary War and found themselves thereafter no longer welcome in the United States. Others were captives, slaves for one reason or another released on the high seas, and other stevedores and sailors washed up on the shore of England. It was generally believed that the figure was some 15,000, and with limited employment prospects and no community support, most were in very difficult circumstances indeed. The motivations for this were complicated and varied, and in part they could be explained by an interest in creating circumstances advantageous to blacks, but also to give them an opportunity to form and run a colony effectively in order to debunk a widely held belief that no black man could do such a thing. There was also some value in redistributing freed blacks from the various plantation colonies of the empire, not to mention the political expedience of protecting the British Isles themselves from an expanding population of non-whites generated as a consequence of imperial activities. The idea of locating this ideal colony in the vicinity of modern Sierra Leone came about thanks to the representations of a plant collector by the name of Henry Smeathman, who had recently returned from the West African region and believed that the Pepper Coast (also referred to as Grain Coast) offered the most viable prospects. At the time, British and European trade in West Africa was vibrant and wide-ranging, including the slave trade, and there was a steady movement of merchant and Royal Navy ships between West Africa and the British mainland. His reasons for advocating that spot are rather vague, although it probably was at the time one of the least deadly stretches of an otherwise fever-ridden coastline. There was a lot of sentimentality and idealism behind the development of the idea, as well as a certain amount of pragmatism, but the upshot of it was that in 1787, a shipment of 4,000 blacks arrived in several ships offshore of what would today be Freetown. They were essentially dropped off, wished the best of luck, and otherwise abandoned. Conditions, of course, were primitive, and the mortality rate among these early pioneers was atrocious. One of the first problems they faced was hostility from local tribes, and almost from the moment they landed, they found themselves in a state of war. Nonetheless, they managed to establish a bridgehead, and in due course a colony took root. Numbers were augmented occasionally by independent arrivals, and the steady deposit of captives collected in one way or another by the Royal Navy Atlantic Squadron. The Colonization and Establishment of Liberia: The History of the West African Nation Before the Liberian Civil Wars looks at how the colony grew, the ideals behind it, what life was like there, and how a tenuous democracy lasted in the colony for over 100 years. Along with pictures, you will learn about the settlement of Liberia like never before.
History Of The American Colony In Liberia From December 1821 To 1823
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Author : Jehudi Ashmun
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1826
History Of The American Colony In Liberia From December 1821 To 1823 written by Jehudi Ashmun and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1826 with History categories.
Liberia
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Author : William Innes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1833
Liberia written by William Innes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1833 with African Americans categories.
The American Colonization Society And The Creation Of The Liberian State
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Author : Amos Jones Beyan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The American Colonization Society And The Creation Of The Liberian State written by Amos Jones Beyan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
This study traces the historical roots of Liberia's political, economic, and social instituions. The author aims to apply a new historical perspective to the nation's history, and by identifying some of its critical problems, provide an empirical guideline for the present and future generations of Liberia. The text proposes that Liberia's institutions, though shaped by other factors as well, were largely extensions of the institutional values inherent in the American Colonization Society (ACS).
Liberia Or The Early History And Signal Preservation Of The American Colony Of Free Negroes On The Coast Of Africa
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Author : William INNES (D.D., Baptist Minister.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1833
Liberia Or The Early History And Signal Preservation Of The American Colony Of Free Negroes On The Coast Of Africa written by William INNES (D.D., Baptist Minister.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1833 with categories.
American Colonization Society And The Colony At Liberia
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Author : Massachusetts Colonization Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1831
American Colonization Society And The Colony At Liberia written by Massachusetts Colonization Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1831 with African Americans categories.
Liberian History Before 1857
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Author : Joseph Saye Guannu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Liberian History Before 1857 written by Joseph Saye Guannu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with History categories.
Discusses the history of Liberia from prehistoric times to 1857, the year Maryland, an independent African state, joined the Republic.
History Of Liberia
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Author : John Hanson Thomas McPherson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
History Of Liberia written by John Hanson Thomas McPherson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Liberia categories.
Liberia Or The Early History And Signal Preservation Of The American Colony Of Free Negroes On The Coast Of Africa
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Author : William Innes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1831
Liberia Or The Early History And Signal Preservation Of The American Colony Of Free Negroes On The Coast Of Africa written by William Innes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1831 with African Americans categories.
The Republic Of Liberia
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-09-07
The Republic Of Liberia written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-07 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading In the spring of 1786, an organization was founded in London to provide some aid for destitute blacks and Asians in the British capital who were by then beginning to become conspicuous. Quite a number of them were resettled blacks from the American colonies who aided British forces in the Revolutionary War and found themselves thereafter no longer welcome in the United States. Others were captives, slaves for one reason or another released on the high seas, and other stevedores and sailors washed up on the shore of England. It was generally believed that the figure was some 15,000, and with limited employment prospects and no community support, most were in very difficult circumstances indeed. The motivations for this were complicated and varied, and in part they could be explained by an interest in creating circumstances advantageous to blacks, but also to give them an opportunity to form and run a colony effectively in order to debunk a widely held belief that no black man could do such a thing. There was also some value in redistributing freed blacks from the various plantation colonies of the empire, not to mention the political expedience of protecting the British Isles themselves from an expanding population of non-whites generated as a consequence of imperial activities. The idea of locating this ideal colony in the vicinity of modern Sierra Leone came about thanks to the representations of a plant collector by the name of Henry Smeathman, who had recently returned from the West African region and believed that the Pepper Coast (also referred to as Grain Coast) offered the most viable prospects. At the time, British and European trade in West Africa was vibrant and wide-ranging, including the slave trade, and there was a steady movement of merchant and Royal Navy ships between West Africa and the British mainland. His reasons for advocating that spot are rather vague, although it probably was at the time one of the least deadly stretches of an otherwise fever-ridden coastline. There was a lot of sentimentality and idealism behind the development of the idea, as well as a certain amount of pragmatism, but the upshot of it was that in 1787, a shipment of 4,000 blacks arrived in several ships offshore of what would today be Freetown. They were essentially dropped off, wished the best of luck, and otherwise abandoned. Conditions, of course, were primitive, and the mortality rate among these early pioneers was atrocious. One of the first problems they faced was hostility from local tribes, and almost from the moment they landed, they found themselves in a state of war. Nonetheless, they managed to establish a bridgehead, and in due course a colony took root. Numbers were augmented occasionally by independent arrivals, and the steady deposit of captives collected in one way or another by the Royal Navy Atlantic Squadron. The Republic of Liberia looks at the tumultuous history of Liberia from its colonization to the deadly civil wars that ushered in a new democracy in the 21st century. Along with pictures, you will learn about Liberia like never before.