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An African Republic: Black and White Virginians in the Making of Liberia (John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)

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This is an excellent, readable, well-researched history of the early founders of the Republic of Liberia and their origins in Virginia. Though esoteric by nature, this is an important work on the growing field of Liberian-American history. In my opinion, it is the best of the hand-full of recent publications on the Liberian-American connection during the antebellum years. It is certainly the best work on the American origins of the Liberian "Founding Fathers," all of whom emigrated from Virginia in the 1820s and 1830s. This book captures the strong, highly important, connection between Americans and the people of Liberia, importantly touching on the reliance of the latter on the former. Overall, a very good book. Well-written, well-researched, and well-published. A must read for anyone interested in African-American history, or, especially, Liberian, or West African, history.