Title Children, education and empire in early Sierra Leone : left in our hands / Katrina Keefer

Published London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group, 2018

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Description 1 online resource Series Global Africa ; 10 Global Africa ; 10. Contents The founding of the Sierra Leone Colony, 1787-1808 -- A new kind of Protestantism in Sierra Leone -- The Church Missionary Society and its missionaries -- Bush schools, karanthes and mission schools -- The CMS school communities 1806-1819 -- The pupils at the mission schools -- The children of the CMS -- Mission education and leadership in transforming Sierra Leone Summary "Nineteenthcentury Sierra Leone presented a unique situation historically as the focal point of early Abolitionist efforts, settlement within West Africa by westernized Africans, and a rapid demographic increase through the judicial emancipation of Liberated Africans. Within this complex and often volatile environment, the voices and experiences of children have been difficult to trace and to follow. Enslaved children historically are a challenging narrative to highlight due to their comparative vulnerability. This book offers newly transcribed data and fills in a lacuna in the scholarship of early Sierra Leone and the Atlantic world. It presents a narrative of children as they experienced a set of circumstances which were unique and important to Abolitionist historiography, and demonstrates how each element of that situation arose by analyzing the rich documentary evidence. By presenting the data as well as the individuals whose lives were affected by the mission schools (both as teacher or pupil) this study has sought to be as complete as possible. Underlying the more academic tone is a recognition of the individual humanity of both teachers and students whose lives together shaped this early phase in the history of Sierra Leone. The missionaries who created the documents from which this study arises all died in Sierra Leone after having profound impacts on the lives of many hundreds of pupils. Their students went on to become important historical figures both locally and throughout West Africa. Not all rose to prominence, and the book reconstructs the lives of pupils who became local tradespeople in addition to those who had a greater social stature. This book attempts to offer analysis without forgetting the fundamental human trajectories which this material encompasses."--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Church Missionary Society -- Sierra Leone SUBJECT Church Missionary Society fast Subject Children -- Sierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 18th century Children -- Sierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 19th century Missions -- Sierra Leone -- History -- 18th century Missions -- Sierra Leone -- History -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies. HISTORY / Africa / General. Children -- Social conditions Missions Social conditions SUBJECT Sierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 18th century Sierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 19th century Subject Sierra Leone Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2020691876 ISBN 9781351134415 1351134418 9781351134439 1351134434 9781351134422 1351134426

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