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Abolitionists Abroad : American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sanneh, Lamin.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- In 1792, nearly 1,200 freed American slaves crossed the Atlantic and established in Freetown, West Africa, a community dedicated to anti-slavery and opposed to the African chieftain hierarchy that was tied to slavery. Lamin Sanneh's engrossing book narrates this story.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-04307-3
- OCLC:
- 1587075592
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