Book description
Africa's past and present are deeply influenced by the capture and selling of millions of its people over several centuries. To a greater extent, that is true for Liberia, a country to which blacks from the Americas returned. Liberia’s recent civil war, the trans-Atlantic slave trade inflicted pains, traumas and…
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C. Patrick Burrowes is a renowned Liberian historian with whom we enjoyed many discussions on the campus of the University of Liberia. He has written extensively.
This book delves into pre-colonial, post-colonial, and present-day Liberia as he analyzes both the trans-Atlantic and Mideast slave trade, the quest for freedom, and the difficult road to Liberian statehood. The 1920s Fernando Po slavery scandal led to the resignation of President King and almost to the end of Liberia as a free country.
According to Burrowes, this past history continues to traumatize Liberia and can be linked to atrocities committed during the 1980s…
From Faith's list on the history of Liberia, America’s stepchild.
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