A history of slavery during the 19th and 20th centuries in three former French colonies.

This book brings together a series of new case studies, some by young scholars, others by widely published authors. All are based on original research and desig

A series of transformations, reforms, and attempted abolitions of slavery form a core narrative of nineteenth-century coastal West Africa. As the region’s rol

"Interrogates the development of the world's first international courts of humanitarian justice and the subsequent "liberation" of nearly 200,000 Africans in th