Free slaves, Freetown, and the Sierra Leonean civil war /

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 146...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kaifala, Joseph (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Colección:African histories and modernities.
Temas:
1991-2002
Black people > Sierra Leone > History.
Freed persons > Sierra Leone > History.
Personnes affranchies > Sierra Leone > Histoire.
Colonialism & imperialism.
Social & cultural history.
Political science & theory.
Politics & government.
African history.
HISTORY > Civilization.
HISTORY > Essays.
HISTORY > Reference.
HISTORY > Social History.
Black people
Freed persons
Sierra Leone > History.
Sierra Leone > History > Civil War, 1991-2002.
Freetown (Sierra Leone) > History.
Sierra Leone > Histoire.
Sierra Leone > Histoire > 1991-2002 (Guerre civile)
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone > Freetown
Electronic book.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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