"Freedom Ships" is exciting but authentic historical novel with ship names and passenger list of African Americans who dared to find their freedom long before Emancipation by going back to Africa to found their own nation (Liberia). Spanning stormy seas, fighting hostile tribes, surviving deadly African fever, these brave pioneers confronted scheming slave traders and European empire builders to create the first black republic in Africa. Paper back, 358 p. $14.95 from Af-Am Links Press, 3100 SW Bracken Ct. #10, Topeka, KS 66614-6011. Add $2.50 S&H for regular mail, $3.50 for Priority Mail. Did any of your relatives go back to Africa then?