Slavery and Reform in West Africa (Western African Studies Series): Toward Emancipation in Nineteenth-Century Senegal and the Gold Coast

by Trevor R. Getz

Overview

In a comparative analysis of the origins and impact of anti-slavery reforms on two countries in colonial coastal West Africa, Getz (African history, San Francisco State U.) traces the conditions under which reform, abolition, and compromised forms of emancipation would occur and the often overlooked central role of Africans in these processes. This approach avoids a reductionistic slave agency vs. particular regime policy focus that might miss regional variations and trends in the slave trade prior to this period. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780821441831
Publisher:	Ohio University Press
Publication date:	01/28/2004
Series:	Western African Studies Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

An assistant professor of African history at San Francisco State University, Trevor R. Getz has published articles on slavery and emancipation in West Africa, on the state of Akyem Abuakwa, and on the Atlantic slave trade.

Table of Contents

	List of Maps	vii
	List of Tables	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
	Introduction	xiii
1.	The Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade	1
2.	The Crisis of Abolition, Legitimate Trade, and the Adaptation of Slavery	28
3.	Rules and Reality: Anteproclamation Slavery and Society on the Gold Coast	54
4.	The Grand Experiment: Emancipation in Senegal Colony	69
5.	Pragmatic Policies in Periods of Expansion	85
6.	Slaves and Masters in the Postproclamation Gold Coast	111
7.	Slaves and Masters in French-Administered Senegal	137
8.	Toward the Eradication of the Overland Slave Trade?	160
	Conclusions: African Continuity, Adaptation, and Transformation	180
	Notes	193
	Bibliography	235
	Index	251