African Narratives of Slavery and Abolition

Richard Anderson is Lecturer in the History of Slavery at the University of Aberdeen, UK. His teaching and research encompasses African, Atlantic and Indian Ocean histories of enslaved and free Africans, the history of the slave trade and its abolition, and the history of bonded and unfree labour in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

• Glossary Introduction: African voices in missionary archivesPart I: West Africa and the Atlantic TradeJosiah YamseyDavid NoahMatthew Thomas HardingJohn AttarraJoseph Boston MayCharles HardingGeorge ThompsonJames WillJohn CampbellJoseph WrightJoseph RightJames GerberThomas KingJames BarberPeter WilsonSusannah BolaWilliam DohertyPart II: Enslavement in AfricaAwaDaniel DopemuJack MacumbaJohn CupidonMary Ann GayJohn GumPart III: East Africa and the Indian Ocean TradeGeorge DavidWilliam Henry JonesIshmael SemlerJames DeimlerPaul DeimlerLewis BrennDavid RebmannCecil MabrukiDuiah WilliamFurther reading Appendix 1: MapsAppendix 2: Images

This collection is a fantastic (albeit uncomfortable) resource for educators ... [It] will help educators explore the complexities of ‘the bible and the flag’, liberation from slavery and racism, conversion and paternalism, safety and subordination – a legacy that educators in theology or mission studies would be foolish to ignore.