Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

The Mortality Cost of Colonizing Liberia in the Nineteenth Century

By: Antonio McDaniel

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Hardcover | 15 April 1995 | Edition Number 1

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In the early nineteenth century, thousands of emancipated and freeborn blacks from the United States returned to Africa to colonize the area now known as Liberia. In this, the first systematic study of the demographic impact of this move on the migrants, Antonio McDaniel finds that the health of migrant populations depends on the adaptability of the individuals in the group, not on their race.
McDaniel compares the mortality rates of the emigrants to those of other migrants to tropical areas. He finds that, contrary to popular belief, black immigrants during this period died at unprecedented rates. Moreover, he shows that though the emigrant's mortality levels were exceptionally high, their mortality patterns were consistent with those of other populations.
McDaniel concludes that the greater the variance between the environment left and the environment entered, the higher the probability of contracting a new disease, and, in some cases, of death from these diseases. Additionally, a migrant's health can be affected by dietary changes, differences in local pathogens, inappropriate immunities, and increased risk of accidents due to unfamiliar surroundings.

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Figures and Maps Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abbreviations
Background to the Colonization of Liberia
Colonization and Mortality
The Return to Sierra Leone
Colonization and Mortality in Early Nineteenth-Century Liberia
Migration and Colonization in Liberia
Mortality of the Liberian Immigrant Population
An Event History Analysis of Mortality in Liberia
Liberian Mortality: Another Dimension of the African Diaspora
Liberian Mortality in Comparative Perspective
Epilogue
Data and Methods
Committee Report on the "Report on the Medical Statistics of the Colony
Additional Tables
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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