An 1830 map of the West African coast ... accept captives rescued from illegal slave ships. Liberia, to be sure, has had its own troubled history. Despite the contract’s promises of “peace ...

The former headquarters of the True Whig Party, which dominated Liberia from 1878 until 1980 ... with salt and cloth,” Yancy says angrily. History, meanwhile, moves on. Most of the men, women ...