Mississippi-in-Africa

In the history of Liberia, Mississippi-in-Africa was a colony settled by freed African-American slaves in present-day Sinoe County, Liberia. It existed from 1835 until 1842, when it was incorporated into the Commonwealth of Liberia. It is also the title of a nonfiction book about the recolonization effort (Alan Huffman, Gotham Books, 2004).

Governors

Term	Incumbent	Notes
1835	Mississippi and Louisiana State Colonization societies found Mississippi-in-Africa colony
June 1837 to 10 September 1838	Josiah Finley, Governor
1842	Incorporation into the Commonwealth of Liberia

External links

• Website for Alan Huffman's book Mississippi in Africa

This African history–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Liberia geography stubs African history stubs History of Liberia Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную? Rickett (car) Sarah Slean EP Look at other dictionaries: Mississippi Mass Choir — Origin Jackson, Mississippi Genres Gospel music Years active 1988 present The Mississippi Mass Choir is an American gospel choir based in Jackson, Mississippi …   Wikipedia Mississippi Brilla — Full name Mississippi Brilla Futbol Club Nickname(s) Brilla Founded 2006 …   Wikipedia Mississippi River Squadron — Vessels of the Mississippi River Squadron in the …   Wikipedia Africa — • This name, which is of Phoenician origin, was at first given by the Romans to the territory about the city of Carthage Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Africa     Africa      …   Catholic encyclopedia Mississippi State Penitentiary — For the song, see Parchman Farm (song). Parchman   Unincorporated community   Mississippi State Penitentiary …   Wikipedia Mississippi — This article is about the U.S. state of Mississippi. For the river, see Mississippi River. For other uses, see Mississippi (disambiguation). State of Mississippi …   Wikipedia Mississippi Delta — This article is about the geographic region of the U.S. state of Mississippi. For other uses, see Mississippi Delta (disambiguation). The Mississippi Delta is the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi that lies between… …   Wikipedia Mississippi Records — History= Mississippi Records was founded by Alex Yusimov. Yusimov used the name and address of his longtime friend, Eric Isaacson, who was starting a record store called Mississippi records in Portland, Oregon, because he had no permanent address …   Wikipedia Mississippi embayment — The Mississippi embayment stretches from central Louisiana into southern Missouri …   Wikipedia Mississippi Amendment 1 (2004) — Legal recognition of same sex relationships Marriage Argentina Belgium Canada Iceland Netherlands Norway Portugal South Africa Spain Sweden …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”