Offers a thorough examination of Afro-Barbadian migration to Liberia during the mid- to late nineteenth century.

Warner describes the Proctor men as 'inarticulate.' They left no personal papers and no indication of their attitudes toward their hardships. As a result, this work relies heavily on local government documents and oral history.

"This book is the result of a study in which the authors identified all of the American women who earned PhD's in mathematics before 1940, and collected extensive biographical and bibliographical information about each of them.