Uncle Tom's Cabin
Why was Liberia considered in the book to be a possible solution to the problem of slavery?
I need some more detail then the last answer
I need some more detail then the last answer
Liberia was a place for the slaves to immigrate and establish a free colony. George feels that colonizing in Liberia will be going home.
"I go to my country, -- my chosen, my glorious Africa! -- and to her, in my heart, I sometimes apply those splendid words of prophecy: 'Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee; I will make thee an eternal excellence, a joy of many generations!'"
George also feels this move to be a Christian calling.
"When I wander, her gentler spirit ever restores me, and keeps before my eyes the Christian calling and mission of our race. As a Christian patriot, as a teacher of Christianity....."
Uncle Tom's Cabin