Description |
1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits |
Contents |
John B. Russwurm and his early years in America -- Russwurm, the colonizationist, and the anti-colonizationists in America -- The American colonization society civilizing mission in Liberia and John B. Russwurm, 1829-1836 -- Maryland state's civilizing mission in Maryland in Liberia and John B. Russwurm -- Governor John B. Russwurm and the civilizing mission in Maryland in Liberia, 1836-1851 |
Summary |
John Brown Russwurm and African American Settlement in West Africa examines Russwurm's intellectual accomplishments and significant contributions to the black civil rights movement in America from 1826-1829, and more significantly explores the essential characteristics that distinguished his thoughts and endeavors from those of other black leaders in America, Liberia and Maryland in Liberia. Not surprisingly, the most controversial of Russwurm's ideas was his unwavering support of the American Colonization Society (ACS) and the Maryland State Colonization Society (MSCS), two organizations that most civil rights activists found racist and pro-slavery. Beyan probes the social and intellectual sources, underlying motives and the legacies of Russwurm's thoughts and endeavors, all in an attempt to dissect why Russwurm acted and made the choices that he did |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-163) and index |
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Print version record |
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Russwurm, John Brown, 1799-1851.
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Russwurm, John Brown, 1799-1851 fast |
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African Americans -- Colonization -- Liberia -- History -- 19th century
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African Americans -- Liberia -- Biography
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Governors -- Liberia -- Biography
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Regional studies -- Africa.
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African history -- Africa.
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History of the Americas -- Africa.
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Geography.
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African Americans
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African Americans -- Colonization
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Governors
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Liberia -- History -- To 1847.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076456
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Liberia
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781403979193 |
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1403979197 |
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1281364479 |
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9781281364470 |
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9781403968913 |
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1403968918 |
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