Abolition in Sierra Leone - Re-Building Lives and Identities in Nineteenth-Century West Africa

A history of colonial Africa and of the African diaspora examining the experiences and identities of 'liberated' Africans in Sierra Leone.

List of contents

Introduction. Sierra Leone: African colony, African diaspora; 1. Liberated African origins and the nineteenth century slave trade; 2. Their own middle passage: voyages to Sierra Leone; 3. 'Particulars of disposal': life and labor after 'liberation'; 4. Liberated African nations: ethnogenesis in an African diaspora; 5. Kings and companies: ethnicity and community leadership; 6. Religion, return, and the making of the Aku; 7. The Cobolo War: Islam, identity, and resistance; Conclusion. Retention or renaissance? Krio descendants and ethnic identity; Appendices. A. 'Nations' of children in CMS school rosters by probable coastline of embarkation, 1816-1824; B. 1848 Sierra Leone census; C. Koelle's Aku informants; D. Liberated African memorials in Freetown churches; Select bibliography; Index.

About the author

Richard Peter Anderson is Lecturer in Colonial and Postcolonial History at the University of Exeter. He has published in journals including Slavery & Abolition, African Economic History, and History in Africa. He is co-editor of Liberated Africans and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1807–1896 (forthcoming) with Henry Lovejoy.

Summary

Exploring the origins, experiences and identities of 100,000 Africans who landed in Sierra Leone following Britain's abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, this history of colonial Africa and examination of the African diaspora explores the links between emancipation, colonization, and identity formation in the Black Atlantic.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Peter Anderson, Richard Peter (University of Exeter) Anderson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781108461870
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46187-0
• No. of pages: 307
• Series: African Identities: Past and P; African Identities: Past and Present
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Sierra Leone, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, African History, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery, abolition; identity; empire