Abolition and empire in Sierra Leone and Liberia
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Abolition and empire in Sierra Leone and Liberia
(Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series / general editor, A.G. Hopkins)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-221) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Bronwen Everill offers a new perspective on African global history, applying a comparative approach to freed slave settlers in Sierra Leone and Liberia to understand their role in the anti-slavery colonization movements of Britain and America.
Table of Contents
List of Maps, Tables, and Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I: FOUNDATIONS Transatlantic Anti-Slavery Networks An African Middle Class Americans in Africa PART II: INTERACTIONS The Abolitionist Propaganda War Slave Trade Interventionism Commercial Rivalry and Liberian Independence Arguments for Colonial Expansion Epilogue: 1861 and Beyond Bibliography Index
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