Amos J. Beyan
Professor
Office: (269)
387-5361
Email:
Location
4402 Friedmann Hall
Mailing address
Department of History
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5334
Education
Ph.D., African American History, Northwestern University, 1981
Teaching Interests
African Civilization; African American History
Research Interests
The American Colonization Society and the settling of African Americans on the coastal area that became known as Liberia in 1822; the historiography of the transatlantic slave trade; and the role played by pre-Liberian societies in the development of the North American “Atlantic Community” in the eighteenth century.
