03156nam 2200721 a 450 991045788500332120200520144314.01-283-43468-797866134346851-60473-754-9(CKB)2550000000082392(EBL)711363(OCoLC)774384979(SSID)ssj0000599559(PQKBManifestationID)11941399(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000599559(PQKBWorkID)10612270(PQKB)11677244(MiAaPQ)EBC711363(Au-PeEL)EBL711363(CaPaEBR)ebr10529414(CaONFJC)MIL343468(EXLCZ)99255000000008239220091222e20102004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMississippi in Africa[electronic resource] : [the saga of the slaves of prospect hill plantation and their legacy in Liberia today] /Alan HuffmanJackson University Press of Mississippi20101 online resource (471 p.)Originally published: New York, N.Y. : Gotham Books, c2004. First paperback printing 2010.1-60473-753-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-315) and index.pt. 1. Mississippi -- pt. 2. Liberia -- pt. 3. Common ground.In 1847, in a small rural courthouse in Coles County, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln represented a Kentucky slave owner named Robert Matson in his attempt to recover a runaway slave woman and her four children. Most Americans, even those with a penchant for the nation's history, have never heard of this court case. This is no coincidence. Lincoln's involvement in the case has troubled and bewildered most students and biographers of the ""Great Emancipator."" In many assessments, the case inspires rationalizations and distortions; in others, avoidance and denial. These approaches are a disservice toSlave insurrectionsMississippiJefferson CountyHistory19th centuryPlantation lifeMississippiJefferson CountyHistory19th centuryWillsMississippiJefferson CountyHistory19th centuryPlantation ownersMississippiJefferson CountyBiographySlavesMississippiJefferson CountyBiographyFreedmenMississippiJefferson CountyBiographyAfrican AmericansLiberiaBiographyJefferson County (Miss.)Race relationsHistory19th centuryLiberiaBiographyElectronic books.Slave insurrectionsHistoryPlantation lifeHistoryWillsHistoryPlantation ownersSlavesFreedmenAfrican Americans976.2/28300496073Huffman Alan166515MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457885003321Mississippi in Africa2087850UNINA