Free slaves, Freetown, and the Sierra Leonean civil war / Joseph Kaifala.
| Author/creator |
Kaifala, Joseph |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017] |
| Description | xvi, 345 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | African histories and modernities African histories and modernities. ^A1334167 |
| Contents | 1. Discovery of Sierra Leone -- 2. The Ethnic Makeover -- 3. Granville Sharp's Fight to Free the Slaves- 4. Free Slaves in Freetown -- 5. War & Peace in Freetown -- 6. The Amistad Saga -- 7. The Hut Tax War -- 8. Post-Colonial Political Fiasco -- 9. RUF Invasion and the First NPRC Military Coup -- 10. Second NPRC Military Coup and Elections Before Peace -- 11. The AFRC Military Coup -- 12. AFRC/RUF Invasion of Freetown and the Lomâe Peace Accord -- 13. Flames of Peace. |
| Abstract | This book is a historical narrative of Sierra Leone from the mid-fifteenth century to the end of its civil war in 2002. It entails the history of Sierra Leone from its days as a slave harbor through to its founding as a home for free slaves and toward its political independence and civil war. In 1462, the country was discovered by a Portuguese explorer, Pedro de Sintra, who named it Serra Lyoa (Lion Mountains). The country later became a hub for the Transatlantic Slave Trade. At the end of slavery in England, Sierra Leone was chosen as a home for the Black Poor, free slaves in England after the Somerset ruling. The Black Poor were joined by the Nova Scotians, African-Americans who fought with the British during the American Revolution, the Maroons, rebellious slaves from Jamaica, and Recaptives, freed in enforcement of British antislavery laws. Freetown became a British colony in 1808 and Sierra Leone obtained political independence from Britain in 1961. The development of the country was derailed by the death of its first Prime Minister, Sir Milton Margai, and thirty years after independence the country collapsed into a brutal civil war. This book is a historical narrative covering these periods in Sierra Leonean history--Publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017303532 |
| ISBN | 9781349948536 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1349948535 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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