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Slavery and colonial rule in French West Africa
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- Summary
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This is a history of slavery during the 19th and 20th centuries in 3 former French colonies. This book investigates the changing nature of local slavery, and the evolving French attitudes towards it.
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- Creator
- Martin A. Klein
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1998
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- Physical Details
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- xxi, 354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780511584138, 0511087179, 0521566785, 9780511087172, 9780521593243, 0521596785, 9780521596787, 0521593247, 051158413X
- OCLC
- ocm37300720, ocn317460690
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index.
- Slavery in the Western Sudan -- Abolition and retreat, Senegal 1848-1876 -- Slavery, slave-trading and social revolution -- Senegal after Brière -- Conquest of the Sudan: Desbordes to Archinard -- Senegal in the 1890s -- The end of the conquest -- The imposition of metropolitan priorities on slavery -- With smoke and mirrors: slavery and the conquest of Guinea -- The Banamba Exodus -- French fears and the limits to an emancipation policy -- Looking for the tracks. How they did it -- After the war: renegotiating social relations -- A question of honor
Subjects
- Slavery -- Africa, French-speaking West -- History -- 19th century.
- Slavery -- Africa, French-speaking West -- History -- 20th century.
- Slavery -- Senegal -- History.
- Slavery -- Guinea -- History.
- Slavery -- Mali -- History.
- Attitude change -- France.
- France -- Colonies -- Administration -- Attitudes.
- France -- Colonies -- Africa -- 19th century.
- France -- Colonies -- Africa -- 20th century.
- Slavery -- Africa, French-speaking West -- History.