Slavery and the Politics of Liberation 1787-1861: A Study of Liberated African Emigration and British Anti-Slavery Policy

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Asiegbu,Johnson U. J. (Author)
    Format:
    Monograph
    Publication Date:
    1969
    WorldCat URL:
    http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/9780841900271
    Published:
    New York: Africana Pub. Co
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    ISBN:
    0841900272; 9780841900271
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, Great Britain, Emigrants and immigration, Antislavery movements, Labor and employment, and Labor and laboring classes
    Notes:
    231 p, Contents: 1.. Introductory: The Sierra Leone Settlement and the Birth of a British African Policy 1787-1840 -- 2. The Origins of Liberated African Emigration -- 3. International Reactions -- 4. 'Voluntary' Emigration under Government Control 1843-1846 -- 'Voluntary' Emigration under Government Control: The Growler Scheme and the Hook-MacDonald Conflict 1847-1849 -- 6. Labour Recruitment Techniques: The Coastal Squadron and the Vice-Admiralty Courts -- 7. The Hodge Contract and the End of Emigration Policy -- Conclusion

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