The Horsa Departing for Liberia

Departure of the Back-to-Africa Movement ship Horsa, bound for Liberia with approximately 200 passengers, half of them from Jefferson County; March 1895.

The Horsa Departing for Liberia

Courtesy of Harper's Weekly magazine

Media

Time Period

Post-Reconstruction through the Gilded Age (1875 - 1900)

Category

Government and Politics / Political Issues and Controversies / Political Movements

Type

Event

Race & Ethnicity

African American

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