Black poor and white philanthropists
Subtitle: London's Blacks and the foundation of the Sierra Leone settlement, 1786-1791
By: Stephen J. Braidwood.
Contributors: University of Liverpool. Dept. of History.
Series: Liverpool historical studies ;; no. 10
Publisher: Published for the Department of History, University of Liverpool [by] Liverpool University Press; Liverpool University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Liverpool
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Poor blacks -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.; Great Britain -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century.; Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration.; Sierra Leone -- Emigration and immigration.
Description: Examines the events surrounding the establishment of a settlement in West Africa in 1787, which was later to become Freetown, the present-day capital of Sierra Leone. The book outlines the range of ideas and attitudes to Africa which underlay the foundation of the settlement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-315) and indexes.