If you have known ancestors, or even a family tradition/rumor/story of, someone going to Liberia as part of the "Back to Africa" movement, try the name here.
Karen E. Sutton
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Sent: Mon, Sep 19, 2011 12:35 pm
Subject: Website documents 15,000+ African-Americans to Liberia, 1820-1904
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Detailed information on 15,000+ African-American emigrants to Liberia
can
be found at the recently launched website: www.liberianrepatriates.com .
While access to the site is free of charge, news users are required to
register. The database includes information on birth year (where
available), town/country of origin, state of origin (including "Indian
Territories"), denominational affiliation, family relations among
emigrants, destination in Liberia, ships on which they travelled, and
year of emigration. The many features of the site can be best
experienced
by searching for "Hilary Teage" or "John Brown Russwurm," for example.
Their pages include genealogical links and maps showing locations where
they lived, as well as other information and images. Over time,
similarly
detailed information will be added for as many persons in the database
as
possible.
Given its interactive features, www.liberianrepatriates.com offers
intriguing possibilities as a teaching tool. If incorporated into
historical methods seminars or state history courses, it would enable
students to examine national (and even global) trends at a local level.
In so doing, it would help help them concretize the life choices faced
by
historical actors within the constrains of their place and time.
History
faculty interested in incorporating the site into courses should
address
inquiries to [log in to unmask]
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