| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Amegashie Afeku of Keta: priest, political advisor, businessman, slave owner -- Nyaho Tamakloe of Anlo: of chieftaincy and slavery, of politics and the personal -- Noah Yawo of Ho-Kpenoe: the faith journey of a slave owner. |
| Summary |
In this groundbreaking book, Sandra E. Greene explores the lives of three prominent West African slave owners during the age of abolition. These first-published biographies reveal personal and political accomplishments and concerns, economic interests, religious beliefs, and responses to colonial rule in an attempt to understand why the subjects reacted to the demise of slavery as they did. Greene emphasizes the notion that the decisions made by these individuals were deeply influenced by their personalities, desires to protect their economic and social status, and their insecurities and sympathies for wives, friends, and other associates. Knowing why these individuals and so many others in West Africa made the decisions they did, Greene contends, is critical to understanding how and why the institution of indigenous slavery continues to influence social relations in West Africa to this day. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Slaveholders -- Ghana -- Biography.
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Slaveholders. |
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Ghana. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Ghana -- History -- 19th century.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- British colonies. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- French colonies. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th century.
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Slavery. |
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West Africa. |
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Slavery -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century.
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Africa, West -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Social conditions. |
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Africa, West -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Greene, Sandra E., 1952- author. Slave owners of West Africa Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017] 9780253025975 (DLC) 2017003816 |
| ISBN |
9780253026026 (e-book) |
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0253026024 |
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9780253025975 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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0253025974 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780253025999 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0253025990 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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