Slavery and Reform in West Africa: Toward Emancipation in Nineteenth Century Senegal and the Gold Coast

by Trevor R. Getz

Local elites resisted, diverted and appropriated metropolitan attempts to end or restrict access to and control of slaves. At the same time slaves were able to liberate themselves and take part in mass emancipations. The situation was transformed by the introduction of new economic opportunities and politicisation and social change among slaves themselves. North Ohio U Press

280 pages, Hardcover

First published January 28, 2004