Freedom Ships: The spectacular epic of African Americans who dared to find their freedom long before Emancipation [Paperback]

Robert Carey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 22, 2003

An authentic and exciting historical novel that brings to life the creation of Africa's first black republic by freed slaves from America.

Product Details

• Paperback: 378 pages
• Publisher: Af-Am Links Press; First Edition edition (January 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966961307
• ISBN-13: 978-0966961300
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,086,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A different perspective on Liberian History, September 1, 2002

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"cpadmore" (Montgomery, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freedom Ships: The spectacular epic of African Americans who dared to find their freedom long before Emancipation (Paperback)

As a native Liberian, a history major in college and a complete bookworm, I was delighted to find this book on Amazon.com. It covers what our ancestors experienced prior to and after their arrival in the "Dark Continent". The authors have cleverly woven into their story how and why current Liberian customs and cuisine have evolved. This is also an interesting read for non-Liberians to find out about this lost chapter in the history of slavery in the United States.

I only gave it 4 stars because it was slow in places, but it was worth it in the end.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An impressive, engaging, highly recommended historical novel, August 4, 2000

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freedom Ships: The spectacular epic of African Americans who dared to find their freedom long before Emancipation (Paperback)

Freedom Ships is an exciting and informative historical novel about African Americans who managed to go back to Africa in 1820 to find the freedom denied them in America decades before the Emancipation. Based on a neglected chapter in America's history, elements of the Freedom Ships narrative are reconstructed from emigrant letters, diaries, official reports in the Library of Congress, and U.S. Navy and Congressional archives. A highly recommended and engaging novel, Robert Carey and John Furbay have successfully collaborated to write an epic story of freed slaves who dare to risk all dangers in a vast and unknown continent so that their children could escape the inhuman bondage and overwhelming racial prejudice of slave era America.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Freedom Ships Have Landed ! ! !, May 15, 2000

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Paul Herris (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freedom Ships: The spectacular epic of African Americans who dared to find their freedom long before Emancipation (Paperback)

The story of African Americans leaving the United States in the 1800s to find a better life else where seems quite unreal, but this historical novel uses that base to make a wonderful story. The use of character description and the creation of a new frontier give this novel a great base for developing into an interesting novel that will make you suggest this to your neighbors and friends. The cross-over of people and locations gives the chronological story a great way of how time passes by and people still move towards the ultimate goal, freedom in their own country of Africa. This story has the opportunity to become a great school-oriented novel if given the right direction. All-in-all, this novel would be great for anyone interested in history, African culture and/or Southern and Northern attitudes in America before the Civel War.