Beschreibung:
This book brings together a series of new case studies based on original research and designed to enhance our understanding of the process of the abolition of slavery in Africa at the grass-roots level.
West Africa - Reviewed by Patrick Adibe"I find this book a must for all who are interested in the question of slavery - especially those campaigning for reparations."Times Literary Supplement, 25/6/99"Suzanne Miers and Martin Klein are to be congratulated on having assembled such a splendid collection of essays ... As an account of the way the colonizers set about dealing with slavery it is hard to fault.