Atlantic Bonds

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 live...

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description 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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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1216722025-03-20T18:16:30Z 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 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. 2023-11-17T08:25:06Z 2023-11-17T08:25:06Z 2023-10-19T07:43:34Z 2016 book ONIX_20231019_9798890851703_3 OCN: 967938956 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76864 9798890851703 9781469631127 9781469652153 9781469631134 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/121672 eng H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76864/1/9798890851703.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76864/1/9798890851703.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76864/1/9798890851703.pdf The University of North Carolina Press South American Publishing University of South Carolina Press The University of North Carolina Press 10.5149/9781469631134_Lindsay 10.5149/9781469631134_Lindsay f46e5319-8d09-4c63-b9f2-a13480694ab4 18fbfe3b-3f91-4cf7-b6b9-18d696cb9331 4a154a96-4e84-4b2b-8cae-b383b6ddde34 National Endowment for the Humanities 0314e571-4102-4526-b014-3ed8f2d6750a 9798890851703 9781469631127 9781469652153 9781469631134 The University of North Carolina Press 328 Chapel Hill [...] open access
spellingShingle 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
Lindsay, Lisa A.
Atlantic Bonds
title Atlantic Bonds
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title_fullStr Atlantic Bonds
title_full_unstemmed Atlantic Bonds
title_short Atlantic Bonds
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topic 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
topic_facet 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
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