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oapen-20.500.12657-768642023-10-20T02:10:57Z Atlantic Bonds Lindsay, Lisa A. James Churchwill Vaughan Lagos, Nigeria Camden, South Carolina Liberia Ijaye War, Nigeria African diaspora American Colonization Society Southern Baptist missionaries Ebenezer Baptist Church, Nigeria return to Africa historical memory Atlantic world black Atlantic comparative slavery meaning of freedom comparative racism colonial Nigeria colonial racism Reconstruction in South Carolina Martin Robeson Delaney Robert Campbell Marshall Hooper Joseph Harden Samuel Harden Mojola Agbebi Edward Wilmot Blyden Abeokuta, Nigeria Thomas Jefferson Bowen William Clarke Ibadan, Nigeria William David William Colley Moses Strother Cook Moses Ladejo Stone Yoruba cultural nationalism Yorubaland Jewel Lafontant Ayo Vaughan-Richards country marks Samuel Ajayi Crowther Kofo Ademola Dr bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJK History of the Americas bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJH African history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLL Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 A decade before the American Civil War, James Churchwill Vaughan (1828–1893) set out to fulfill his formerly enslaved father's dying wish that he should leave America to start a new life in Africa. Over the next forty years, Vaughan was taken captive, fought in African wars, built and rebuilt a livelihood, and led a revolt against white racism, finally becoming a successful merchant and the founder of a wealthy, educated, and politically active family. Tracing Vaughan's journey from South Carolina to Liberia to several parts of Yorubaland (present-day southwestern Nigeria), Lisa Lindsay documents this "free" man's struggle to find economic and political autonomy in an era when freedom was not clear and unhindered anywhere for people of African descent. In a tour de force of historical investigation on two continents, Lindsay tells a story of Vaughan's survival, prosperity, and activism against a seemingly endless series of obstacles. By following Vaughan's transatlantic journeys and comparing his experiences to those of his parents, contemporaries, and descendants in Nigeria and South Carolina, Lindsay reveals the expansive reach of slavery, the ambiguities of freedom, and the surprising ways that Africa, rather than America, offered new opportunities for people of African descent. 2023-10-19T07:43:34Z 2023-10-19T07:43:34Z 2016 book ONIX_20231019_9798890851703_3 9798890851703 9781469631127 9781469652153 9781469631134 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76864 eng H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9798890851703.pdf 9781469631141.epub https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469652153/atlantic-bonds/ The University of North Carolina Press The University of North Carolina Press 10.5149/9781469631134_Lindsay 10.5149/9781469631134_Lindsay 165ebb72-a81f-4229-898c-5f49a35f306e 0314e571-4102-4526-b014-3ed8f2d6750a 9798890851703 9781469631127 9781469652153 9781469631134 The University of North Carolina Press 328 Chapel Hill [...] National Endowment for the Humanities NEH open access
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A decade before the American Civil War, James Churchwill Vaughan (1828–1893) set out to fulfill his formerly enslaved father's dying wish that he should leave America to start a new life in Africa. Over the next forty years, Vaughan was taken captive, fought in African wars, built and rebuilt a livelihood, and led a revolt against white racism, finally becoming a successful merchant and the founder of a wealthy, educated, and politically active family. Tracing Vaughan's journey from South Carolina to Liberia to several parts of Yorubaland (present-day southwestern Nigeria), Lisa Lindsay documents this "free" man's struggle to find economic and political autonomy in an era when freedom was not clear and unhindered anywhere for people of African descent. In a tour de force of historical investigation on two continents, Lindsay tells a story of Vaughan's survival, prosperity, and activism against a seemingly endless series of obstacles. By following Vaughan's transatlantic journeys and comparing his experiences to those of his parents, contemporaries, and descendants in Nigeria and South Carolina, Lindsay reveals the expansive reach of slavery, the ambiguities of freedom, and the surprising ways that Africa, rather than America, offered new opportunities for people of African descent.
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