LEADER 03238nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910966808203321 005 20251116150934.0 010 $a0-253-11004-1 010 $a0-253-10028-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000030350 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3014840 035 $a(OCoLC)70747387 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16891 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3014840 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10083748 035 $a(BIP)30809745 035 $a(BIP)8003916 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000030350 100 $a20021029d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAfrican-American exploration in West Africa $efour nineteenth-century diaries /$fedited by James Fairhead ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2003 215 $axii, 488 p. $cill., maps 311 08$a0-253-34194-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 403-450) and index. 327 $aThe Liberia of the journeys -- Journeys in the interior -- James L. Sims, 1858 -- George L. Seymour, 1858 -- Benjamin Anderson, 1868-69 -- Benjamin Anderson, 1874 -- The journeys and the interior. 330 $aIn the 1860s, as America waged civil war, several thousand African Americans sought greater freedom by emigrating to the fledgling nation of Liberia. While some argued that the new black republic represented disposal rather than emancipation, a few intrepid men set out to explore their African home. African-American Exploration in West Africa collects the travel diaries of James L. Sims, George L. Seymour, and Benjamin J. K. Anderson, who explored the territory that is now Liberia and Guinea between 1858 and 1874. These remarkable diaries reveal the wealth and beauty of Africa in striking descriptions of its geography, people, flora, and fauna. The dangers of the journeys surface, too--Seymour was attacked and later died of his wounds, and his companion, Levin Ash, was captured and sold into slavery again. Challenging the notion that there were no black explorers in Africa, these diaries provide unique perspectives on 19th-century Liberian life and life in the interior of the continent before it was radically changed by European colonialism. 606 $aAfrican Americans$zLiberia$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$zLiberia$vDiaries 606 $aAfrican Americans$zGuinea$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$zGuinea$vDiaries 607 $aLiberia$xDiscovery and exploration 607 $aGuinea$xDiscovery and exploration 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans 676 $a916.66204/2/092396073 701 $aSims$b James L$01862962 701 $aSeymour$b George L$01862963 701 $aAnderson$b Benjamin J. K.$fb. 1834.$01862964 701 $aFairhead$b James$f1962-$0288093 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966808203321 996 $aAfrican-American exploration in West Africa$94469273 997 $aUNINA