| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series
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H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Scipio Vaughan's South Carolina -- Leaving home -- The love of liberty -- Troubled times in Yorubaland -- Reconstructions -- Vaughan's rebellion -- Afterlives. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Vaughan, James Churchwill, 1828-1893.
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Vaughan, James Churchwill, 1828-1893. |
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African Americans -- Nigeria, Southwest -- Biography.
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African Americans. |
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Southwest Nigeria. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Back to Africa movement.
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Back to Africa movement. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lindsay, Lisa A. Atlantic bonds. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017] 9781469631127 (DLC) 2016030096 (OCoLC)952943085 |
| ISBN |
9781469631134 (electronic book) |
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146963113X (electronic book) |
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9781469631127 |
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1469631121 |
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9781469631141 |
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1469631148 |
| Standard No. |
40026858862 |
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