Mississippi to Africa: A Journey of Discovery, Second Edition

by Melvin J. Collier

Book Overview

Mississippi to Africa captures Collier's fourteen-year journey in unearthing the buried history of his maternal grandmother's family - a journey that took him back seven generations, from northern Mississippi to the Piedmont hills of South Carolina, and even back to a specific people and region in West Africa where his ancestry undoubtedly began. Trekking the paths of his ancestors and their displaced relatives before Emancipation (1863), this emotion-filled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477486011
• ISBN13: 9781477486016
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"