Abolition and Empire in Sierra Leone and Liberia [[electronic resource] /] / by B. Everill

• Autore: Everill B
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2013.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Disciplina: 966.402
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Sierra Leone Race relations History 19th century; Liberia Race relations History 19th century; Sierra Leone Colonization; Liberia Colonization
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Abolition and Empire in Sierra Leone and Liberia
• ISBN: 1-349-44001-9; 1-283-86786-9; 1-137-29181-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779436103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, . 2635-1633