Journey of Hope [[electronic resource] ] : The Back-to-Africa Movement in Arkansas in the Late 1800's
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| Autore: |
Barnes Kenneth C. <1956->
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| Titolo: |
Journey of Hope [[electronic resource] ] : The Back-to-Africa Movement in Arkansas in the Late 1800's
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 966.62004960730767 |
| Soggetto topico: | African Americans |
| Black nationalism | |
| Sharecroppers | |
| History | |
| African Americans - Colonization - 19th century - Liberia | |
| African Americans - History - 19th century - Arkansas | |
| Sharecroppers - History - 19th century - Arkansas | |
| Black nationalism - History | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One. The Liberia Exodus Arkansas Colony, 1877–1880; Two. A Movement Ebbs and Flows: The 1880's; Three. Hope Ignites: Liberia Fever, 1888–1891; Four. Gaw'n t' 'Beria: The Crisis of 1892; Five. Troublemakers; Six. Missions; Seven. The Meaning of Africa; Eight. The Last Voyages; Nine. In Liberia; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Kenneth C. Barnes explains why so many black Arkansas sharecroppers dreamed of Africa and how their dreams of Liberia differed from the reality. This narrative also examines the role of poor black farmers in the creation of a black nationalist identity and the importance of the symbolism of an ancestral continent. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Journey of Hope |
| ISBN: | 0-8078-7622-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451961103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
John Hope Franklin Series in African American History & Culture