Author: Alan Huffman
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1604737549
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
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
Author: Alan Huffman
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1604737549
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1604737549
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
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.
A Biological Survey of the Waters of Woods Hole and Vicinity
Author: Francis Bertody Sumner
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Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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"Stonewall" Jackson at Fredericksburg
Author: Frank A. O'Reilly
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Bulletin
Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries
Author: United States. Bureau of Fisheries
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Category : Fish culture
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Category : Fish culture
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
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Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
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Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
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Connecticut Geographic Names
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names
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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
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Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
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