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| Title: | The Use of Electronic Information Technology in Historical Research on African Diaspora Studies and the Emigration to Liberia, 1827-1901 |
| Author: | Bankole, Katherine Olukemi |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Periodical: | Liberian Studies Journal |
| Volume: | 26 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 40-62 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Liberia |
| Subjects: | Internet African Americans colonists freedmen history History and Exploration Bibliography/Research Urbanization and Migration Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
| Abstract: | This paper looks at the role of electronic information technology in historical research on the Liberian diaspora. It focuses on the antebellum newspapers and publications produced by free African Americans in the USA and Canada which can be found in the research database 'Accessible Archives'. This database contains more than 60,000 records of 19th-century African American newspapers. The database contains: 'Freedom's Journal' (1827-1829), 'The Colored American (Weekly Advocate)' (1837-1841), 'The North Star' (1847-1851), 'The National Era' (1847-1860), 'Provincial Freeman' (1854-1857), 'Frederick Douglass Paper' (1851-1859), and 'The Christian Recorder' (1861-1902). All these newspapers reported extensively on the settling and development of Liberia. In this respect, seven important categories include: emigrees to Liberia; the work of the American Colonization Society (ACS); missionarianism; Liberia as a nation; concerns over education; the direct emancipation of enslaved Africans for colonization; and the concerted debates over colonization. Bibliogr., ref. |