BOOK: Greene on the Slave Owners of West Africa

Sandra E. Greene, Slave Owners of West Africa: Decision Making in the Age of Abolition. Indiana University Press, 2017.   via Indiana U Press: In this groundbreaking book, Sandra E. Greene explores the lives of three prominent West African slave owners during the age of abolition. These first-published biographies reveal personal and political accomplishments and concerns, … Continue reading BOOK: Greene on the Slave Owners of West Africa

BLOGROLL: Sandra Greene and the Curious History of Slavery in Africa | Cornell Research

Cornell University feature on the work of scholar Sandra Greene: "Sandra Greene writes about the history of slavery in West Africa, where warring political communities in previous centuries enslaved their enemies...." "Greene has written a series of books, examining the nature of slavery in West Africa—how it operated and what forms it took. Her latest … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Sandra Greene and the Curious History of Slavery in Africa | Cornell Research

Call for Papers/Panels: Life Histories of African Slaves (ASA 2013 & AEGIS 2013)

via The Harriet Tubman Institute: Over the last five years, Alice Bellagamba, Carolyn Brown, Sandra Greene and Martin Klein have been involved in a project to find and publish African sources on the history of slavery and the slave trade within Africa. The most recent was a conference in Berlin that dealt with work and … Continue reading Call for Papers/Panels: Life Histories of African Slaves (ASA 2013 & AEGIS 2013)