[PDF.25hf] Mississippi in Africa: The Saga of the Slaves of Prospect Hill Plantation and Their Legacy in Liberia Today

Mississippi in Africa: The Saga of the Slaves of Prospect Hill Plantation and Their Legacy in Liberia Today

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 | #1948852 in Books |  University Press of Mississippi |  2010-07-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.76 x5.98l,1.14 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Views to Comprehend|By fredric leigh|I read an earlier edition several years ago. Later I gave books to three Kru men from the area _ they appreciated the gift and what it meant for their understanding. I bought this edition for a Kru woman who knows these three Kru men. She did not want to read it. I do not know why. Perhaps her suffering during the war years affected her diff|.com |For most Americans, Liberia is a remote place in a distant continent with no connection to their daily lives. Few of us know that in the early 19th century, it was, in fact, an American colony, and to this day, contains communities called Mississippi, Lou

When wealthy Mississippi cotton planter Isaac Ross died in 1836, his will decreed that his plantation, Prospect Hill, should be liquidated and the proceeds from the sale be used to pay for his slaves’ passage to the newly established colony of Liberia in western Africa. Ross’s heirs contested the will for more than a decade, prompting a deadly revolt in which a group of slaves burned Ross’s mansion to the ground. But the will was ultimately upheld. T...

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