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Author Greene, Sandra E., 1952- author.

Title Slave owners of West Africa : decision making in the age of abolition / Sandra E. Greene
Published Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]

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Contents Amegashie Afeku of Keta: priest, political advisor, businessman, slave owner -- Nyaho Tamakloe of Anlo: of chieftaincy and slavery, of politics and the personal -- Noah Yawo of Ho-Kpenoe: the faith journey of a slave owner
Summary "In this groundbreaking book, Sandra E. Greene explores the lives of three prominent West African slave owners during the age of abolition. These first-published biographies reveal personal and political accomplishments and concerns, economic interests, religious beliefs, and responses to colonial rule in an attempt to understand why the subjects reacted to the demise of slavery as they did. Greene emphasizes the notion that the decisions made by these individuals were deeply influenced by their personalities, desires to protect their economic and social status, and their insecurities and sympathies for wives, friends, and other associates. Knowing why these individuals and so many others in West Africa made the decisions they did, Greene contends, is critical to understanding how and why the institution of Indigenous slavery continues to influence social relations in West Africa to this day"--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Enslavers -- Ghana -- Biography
Slaveholders -- Ghana -- Biography
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Ghana -- History -- 19th century
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Ghana -- History -- 20th century
Slavery -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th century
Slavery -- Africa, West -- History -- 20th century
Enslavement
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
Enslavers
Slaveholders
Slavery
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation
Social conditions
SUBJECT Africa, West -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Africa, West -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Subject West Africa
Ghana
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017008803
ISBN 9780253026026
0253026024