Liberia, South Carolina: An African American Appalachian Community

2019 Submission

Jul 19

Written by Michelle Samplin-Salgado

John M. Coggeshall
University of North Carolina Press

Liberia, South Carolina chronicles the struggles of 5 generations of the Owens family through slavery, Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, and the desegregation of the state.
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Publisher: University of North Carolina PressYear: 2019Author: John M. CoggeshallTheme: Local/Regional HistoryTheme: Memoir/Family History

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