According to Merriam-Webster, gender is “the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits
typically associated with one sex.” Gender essentialism can be defined as the view that the …

Both Liberia and the USA make their independence from the imperial/colonial systems of the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries an integral part of their national identities. Despite an …

In September 1850, President Millard Fillmore signed the Fugitive Slave Act into law, and a
new era in black emigration movements began. As thousands of African Americans fled to …

This dissertation seeks to discern and describe the ways the American Colonization Society
(ACS) used visual imagery to present the West African country of Liberia to an American …

This dissertation explores the role women and diasporic families played in the settlement of
colonial and early republic Liberia. While the majority of African Americans actively fought …

This dissertation analyzes the missionary philosophy of leaders within the National Baptist
Convention USA, Inc. from 1880-1930 encapsulating the first 50 years of its history. Special …

In 1964, Southern Baptist mission executive Ross Coggins wrote an article titled “Missions
and Prejudice” for the evangelical Protestant publication Christianity Today. In it, he …

This dissertation focuses on the lives and ministry roles of African American and West
African Christians, who participated in the earliest missionary efforts among the people of …

This dissertation examines early educational initiatives in Liberia, West Africa, from 1820–
1860: a period where colonization to Liberia was voluntary, supported by the American …