African American settlements in West Africa [[electronic resource] ] : John Brown Russwurm and the American civilizing efforts / / Amos J. Beyan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450847903321
• Autore: Beyan Amos Jones
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Palgrave, 2005
• ISBN: 1-281-36447-9; 9786611364472; 1-4039-7919-7
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2005.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 966 62/01/092; B
• Soggetti: African Americans - Colonization - Liberia - History - 19th century; African Americans - Liberia; Governors - Liberia; Electronic books.; Liberia History To 1847
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-163) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 endeavours from 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 endeavours, all in an attempt to dissect why Russwurm acted and made the choices that he did.