Atlantic bonds : : a nineteenth-century odyssey from America to Africa / / Lisa A. Lindsay.
"A decade before the American Civil War, James Churchwill Vaughan (1828-93) set out to fulfill his formerly enslaved father's dying wish: that he should leave his home in South Carolina for a new life in Africa. He traveled first to Liberia, then with Southern Baptist missionaries to "...
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| Superior document: | H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Chapel Hill : : The University of North Carolina Press,, [2017] |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (329 pages) :; illustrations, photographs, maps. |
| Notes: | Previously issued in print: 2017. |
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| Summary: | "A decade before the American Civil War, James Churchwill Vaughan (1828-93) set out to fulfill his formerly enslaved father's dying wish: that he should leave his home in South Carolina for a new life in Africa. He traveled first to Liberia, then with Southern Baptist missionaries to "Yoruba country." Over the next forty years in today's southwestern Nigeria, Vaughan was taken captive, served as a military sharpshooter, built and re-built a livelihood, led a revolt against white racism, and founded a family of activists"-- |
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| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9798890851703 9798890851710 1469631148 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Lisa A. Lindsay. |