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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From: Steven Mintz <[log in to unmask]>
To: H-SLAVERY <[log in to unmask]>
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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