Local elites resisted, diverted and appropriated metropolitan attempts to end or restrict access to and control of slaves. At the same time slaves were able to liberate themselves and take part in mass emancipations. The situationwas transformed by the introduction of new economic opportunities and politicisation and social change among slaves themselves.
- ISBN10 0852554494
- ISBN13 9780852554494
- Publish Date 23 September 2004 (first published 20 April 2004)
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 15 June 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint James Currey
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 280
- Language English