{"product_id":"freedoms-debtors-padraic-x-scanlan-9780300217445","title":"Freedom's Debtors: British Antislavery in Sierra Leone in the Age of Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eA history of the abolition of the British slave trade in Sierra Leone and how the British used its success to justify colonialism in Africa\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e British anti-slavery, widely seen as a great sacrifice of economic and political capital on the altar of humanitarianism, was in fact profitable, militarily useful, and crucial to the expansion of British power in West Africa. After the slave trade was abolished, anti-slavery activists in England profited, colonial officials in Freetown, Sierra Leone, relied on former slaves as soldiers and as cheap labor, and the British armed forces conscripted former slaves to fight in the West Indies and in West Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At once scholarly and compelling, this history of the abolition of the British slave trade in Sierra Leone draws on a wealth of archival material. Scanlan's social and material study offers insight into how the success of British anti-slavery policies were used to justify colonialism in Africa. He reframes a moment considered to be a watershed in British public morality as rather the beginning of morally ambiguous, violent, and exploitative colonial history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Padraic X. Scanlan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300217447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300217445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2018","brand":"Padraic X. Scanlan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076006899967,"sku":"9780300217445","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b7a96b6-5758-4da8-b290-2e519a9211a0.jpg?v=1685462653","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/freedoms-debtors-padraic-x-scanlan-9780300217445","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}