Slavery and Reform in West Africa : Toward Emancipation in Nineteenth-Century Senegal and the Gold Coast.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Western African Studies .
- Western African Studies .
Intro -- Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade -- 2. The Crisis of Abolition, Legitimate Trade, and the Adaptation of Slavery -- 3. Rules and Reality: Anteproclamation Slavery and Society on the Gold Coast -- 4. The Grand Experiment: Emancipation in Senegal Colony -- 5. Pragmatic Policies in Periods of Expansion -- 6. Slaves and Masters in the Postproclamation Gold Coast -- 7. Slaves and Masters in French-Administered Senegal -- 8. Toward the Eradication of the Overland Slave Trade? -- Conclusions: African Continuity, Adaptation, and Transformation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
A series of transformations, reforms, and attempted abolitions of slavery form a core narrative of nineteenth-century coastal West Africa.