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Black poor and white philanthropists : London's Blacks and the foundation of the Sierra Leone settlement, 1786-91 / Stephen J. Braidwood.
- Title
- Black poor and white philanthropists : London's Blacks and the foundation of the Sierra Leone settlement, 1786-91 / Stephen J. Braidwood.
- Author
- Braidwood, Stephen J.
- Publication
- Liverpool : Published for the Dept. of History, University of Liverpool [by Liverpool University Press, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DA689.N4 B73 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 324 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Examines the events surrounding the establishment of a settlement in West Africa in 1787, which was later to become Freetown, the present-day capital of Sierra Leone. The book outlines the range of ideas and attitudes to Africa which underlay the foundation of the settlement.
- Series Statement
- Liverpool historical studies ; no. 10
- Uniform Title
- Liverpool historical studies ; no. 10.
- University press scholarship online.
- Subject
- Blacks > London > History > 18th century
- Blacks > London
- Poor > London > History > 18th century
- Sierra Leone > Colonization
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-315) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 0853233772 (pbk) :
- LCCN
- gb^92353219^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library