Freedoms Debtors by Padraic X Scanlan
A history of the abolition of the British slave trade in Sierra Leone and how the British used its success to justify colonialism in Africa
"Scanlan's book is a beautifully written, deeply researched contribution to the history of empire and antislaveryHe takes a fresh approach to the study of British abolition, investigating the everyday economic, bureaucratic, and military practices of the British Empire in Sierra Leone in its first thirty years as a settlement for formerly enslaved people. This important book shows how ideologically-driven abolition policies were developed, adapted, and enacted in the messy, unpredictable practice of colonial rule."—Bronwen Everill, author of Abolition and Empire in Sierra Leone and Liberia -- Bronwen Everill
Padraic X. Scanlan is an assistant professor of international history at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a research associate at the Joint Centre for History and Economics at the University of Cambridge.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300217445 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300217447 |
| Title | Freedoms Debtors |
| Author | Padraic X Scanlan |
| Series | The Lewis Walpole Series In Eighteenth-Century Culture And History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2017-10-24 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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