African Americans in Mercer County

by Roland Barksdale-Hall

Book Overview

African Americans in Mercer County have a legacy spanning two centuries of progress. Runaway slaves secreted along stations of the Underground Railroad to Liberia, a settlement founded by Richard Travis. Deep religious convictions provided fertile ground for development of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion connection, known as the Freedom Church, and Pandenarium, an experimental colony of manumitted slaves. In the 20th century, southern migrants...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738565016
• ISBN13: 9780738565019
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"