African-American Exploration in West Africa: Four Nineteenth-Century Diaries PDF
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African-American Exploration in West Africa African-American Exploration in West Africa Four Nineteenth-Century Diaries EDITED BY JAMES FAIRHEAD TIM GEYSBEEK SVEND E. HOLSOE MELISSA LEACH Publication of this book is made possible 1. Liberia—Discovery and explo- in part with the assistance of a Challenge ration. 2. African Americans— Grant from the National Endowment for Liberia—History—19th century. 3. the Humanities, a federal agency that African Americans—Liberia—Diaries. supports research, education, and public 4. Guinea—Discovery and exploration. programing in the humanities. 5. African Americans—Guinea— History—19th century. 6. African This book is a publication of Americans—Guinea—Diaries. I. Sims, Indiana University Press James L. II. Seymour, George L. III. 601 North Morton Street Anderson, Benjamin J.K., Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA b. 1834. IV. Fairhead, James, date. http://iupress.indiana.edu DT634 .A37 2003 Telephone orders 800-842-6796 916.66204'2'092396073—dc21 Fax orders 812-855-7931 `2002152631 Orders by e-mail [email protected] © 2003 by Indiana University Press 1 2 3 4 5 08 07 06 05 04 03 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including pho- tocopying and recording, or by any infor- mation storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only excep- tion to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data African-American exploration in West Africa : four nineteenth-century diaries / edited by James Fairhead . . . [et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-253-34194-9 (alk. paper) Contents List of Illustrations vii List of Maps ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 One The Liberia of the Journeys 7 Two Journeys in the Interior 31 Three James L. Sims, 1858 93 Four George L. Seymour, 1858 124 Five Benjamin J. K. Anderson, 1868–69 157 Six Benjamin J. K. Anderson, 1874 240 Seven The Journeys and the Interior 279 Notes 345 Bibliography 403 Index 451 Illustrations Figure1.EdwardW.Blyden 11 Figure2.StephenA.Benson,presidentofLiberia,1856–64 42 Figure3.ViewofMonroviafromtheAnchorage 43 Figure4.PortraitofBenjaminAnderson 52 Figure5.TheoldblockhouseatBandajuma,SierraLeone 60 Figure6.Captaind’Ollone,1901 80 Figure7.“TheLatitudeofMusahdu”and“AstronomicalCalculations,” 1903 82 Figure8.“AnItineraryTable”and“SundryAbstracts,”1903 83 Figure9.AcottontreeassociatedwithBenjaminAndersoninMusadu 90 Figure10.Four-footedMandingosandals 147 Figure11.ApagefromtheLiberiaHeraldcontainingGeorgeL.Seymour’s account 148 Figure12.OriginalfrontpageofBenjaminAnderson’sdiary,1870 156 Figure13.Anderson’soriginalmapfromAJourneytoMusardu,1868–96 160 Figure14.AshmunStreet,Monrovia,1858 163 Figure15.MusicandtransliterationofanIslamicshaha¯dafrom Anderson’sdiary,1870 179 Figure16.PortraitofBolokoloZaoroBilivogui 198 Figure17.ResidentsofBooposingontheremainsofthetownwall 199 Figure18.ChiefDiagbo,orDiagbaOuro,ChiefNzebelaTogba,and MagnanFormowiththeirarmy 200 Figure19.LianabridgeacrosstheSaintPaulRiveratZiggahPorrahZue 204 Figure20.“TheelephantstakepossessionofthecottonfieldsofBallatah” 205 Figure21.“Mahommadu” 208 Figure22.Musadufromtheair,1993 211 Figure23.ThemainmosqueofMusadu 212 Figure24.BeylaandDiakolidugu,withtheFon-GoingMountainstothe West 220 Figure25.CoverofAnderson’s“Appendix,”1870 232 Figure26.FacsimileoftheoriginallettersentwithAndersontothe presidentofLiberiafromthepeopleofMusadu,1870 237–239 Figure27.Anderson’s“MapoftheRepublicofLiberia...1879” 242 Figure28.“KingofSanojii” 251 Figure29.TheObserver,11September1879 253 Figure30.Mandingwarrior 270 Figure31.Gravesofkings,Boporo,1907 301 Figure32.TheoldwallofZorzor,1947 302 viii | Illustrations Figure33.Bousse´dou(Bousse´mai)afterFrenchtroopstookthevillage, 1907 303 Figure34.ThedefensivewallofBousse´dou,asitwasbeingdestroyed 303 Figure35.ThegateofBousse´dou,asitwasbeingdestroyed 304 Figure36.FortificationsofthevillageofN’Ze´bela,1907 304 Figure37.Soldiersonafiringplatform 305 Figure38.Anintactvillagewallshowingablacksmithforgeoutsidethe gate 332 Maps Note:Theboundariesinthesemapsdonotimplyanyjudgmentonthelegalstatusofany territory. Map1.Thejourneysinregionalcontext 33 Map2.ThejourneysinsouthernLiberia 34 Map3.ThejourneysinnortheastLiberia 35 Map4.Thejourneysinthenorth,Guinea 36 Map5.Apoliticalmapoftheregion 37 Map6.ValleysoftheNiger,Milo,andSaintPaulrivers 38 Map7.JamesL.Sims’sjourney,1858 92 Map8.GeorgeL.Seymour’sjourney,1858 126 Map9.BenjaminAnderson’sjourney,1868–69 158 Map10.Konya 209 Map11.BenjaminAnderson’sjourney,1874 243
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