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<p>Between 1820 and 1913, approximately 16,000 black people left the United States to start new lives in Liberia, Africa, in what was at the time the largest out-migration in US history. When Tolbert Major, a former Kentucky slave and single father, was offered his own chance for freedom, he accepted. He, several family members, and seventy other people boarded the <i>Luna</i> on July 5, 1836. After they arrived in Liberia, Tolbert penned a letter to his former owner, Ben Major: "Dear Sir, We ha

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Author

Susan E. Lindsey

Publisher

The University Press of Kentucky

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813179360

Category

biography

Subjects

Memoir, Science, West

Updated

2026-03-25