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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971752503321

Autore

Everill Bronwen

Titolo

Abolition and Empire in Sierra Leone and Liberia / / by B. Everill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

9781349440016

1349440019

9781283867863

1283867869

9781137291813

1137291818

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, , 2635-1641

Disciplina

966.402

Soggetti

World history

Imperialism

Social history

Great Britain - History

Africa - History

World History, Global and Transnational History

Imperialism and Colonialism

Social History

History of Britain and Ireland

African History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations                            ""; ""Acknowledgements                       ""; ""List of Abbreviations                            ""; ""Maps           ""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""Part I Foundations                         ""; ""1 Transatlantic Anti-Slavery Networks                                            ""; ""2 An African Middle Class                                ""; ""3 Americans in Africa                            ""; ""Part II Interactions                           ""

""4 The Abolitionist Propaganda War                                        """"5 Slave Trade Interventionism                                    ""; ""6 Commercial



Rivalry and Liberian Independence                                                     ""; ""7 Arguments for Colonial Expansion                                         ""; ""Epilogue: 1861 and Beyond                                ""; ""Notes            ""; ""Bibliography                   ""; ""Index            ""

Sommario/riassunto

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.