After Slavery - Emancipation and its Discontents

A collection of essays in which every contributor focuses upon some aspect of slave emancipation with the aim of assessing to what extent the outcome met with expectation. The hopes and disappointments that characterized the transition from slavery to freedom are depicted.

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African History Vol 43

"a very useful summary of events in these areas and research on them...provides an interesting discussion of the differences between the "colonial" and "protectorate" models of abolition.

About the author

Howard Temperley

Summary

A collection of essays in which every contributor focuses upon some aspect of slave emancipation with the aim of assessing to what extent the outcome met with expectation. The hopes and disappointments that characterized the transition from slavery to freedom are depicted.

Product details

• Assisted by: Howard Temperley (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2000
• EAN: 9780714680798
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-8079-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Weight: 430 g
• Series: Routledge Studies in Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery