Outsourcing african labor : kru migratory workers in global ports, estates and battlefields until the end of the 19th century

Outsourcing african labor kru migratory workers in global ports, estates and battlefields until the end of the 19th century

By the late eighteenth century, the ever-increasing British need for local labour in West Africa based on malarial, climatic, and manpower concerns led to a willingness of the British and Kru (West African labourers from Liberia) to experiment with free wage labour contracts. The Kru’s familiarity w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gunn, Jeff, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter [2021]
Colección:Africa in Global History
Materias:
1700-1899
Migrant labor > History > Africa > 19th century.
Sierra Leone.
West Africa.
Britsh Empire.
Freetown.
Krutown.
Trade.
History.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009792104406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: A Free Wage Labor African Diaspora
  • Chapter 1: Surfboats
  • Chapter 2: Freetown – A Catalyst for Diaspora
  • Chapter 3: The Expansion of Kru Labor in the Royal Navy
  • Chapter 4: Kru Labor in Expeditions and Military Campaigns
  • Chapter 5: Kru Labor in the British Caribbean
  • Chapter 6: Growth in Diaspora and Decline in the Homeland
  • Conclusion: Kru Free Wage Laborers in Global History
  • Appendix A: Muster Lists, 1819–20
  • Appendix B: Interviews
  • Glossary of Kru Language Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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