1st Edition

Children, Education and Empire in Early Sierra Leone Left in Our Hands

By Katrina Keefer Copyright 2019
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

274 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Nineteenth-century Sierra Leone presented a unique situation historically as the focal point of early abolitionist efforts, settlement within West Africa by westernized Africans, and a rapid demographic increase through the judicial emancipation of Liberated Africans. Within this complex and often volatile environment, the voices and experiences of children have been difficult to trace and to... Read more

List of Figures



List of Tables



Preface



Acknowledgements



1. The Founding of the Sierra Leone Colony, 1787–1808



2. A New Kind of Protestantism in Sierra Leone





3. The CMS and its Missionaries





4. Initiation Camps, Karanthes and Mission Schools



5. The CMS School Communities 18061819





6. The Pupils at the Mission Schools





7. The Children of the CMS





Conclusion: Mission Education and Leadership in Transforming Sierra Leone





Afterword



Bibliography



Appendix A 1809–1816 Compiled Bashia Pupil List



Appendix B 1811–1816 Compiled Canoffee Pupil List



Appendix C 1814–1816 Compiled Yongroo Pomoh Pupil List



Appendix D 1815 Îsles de Los Pupil List



Appendix E 1817–1819 Compiled Leicester Pupil List



Appendix F 1819 Gloucester Town Pupil List



Appendix G 1816 Goree Pupil List

Biography

Katrina Keefer is Adjunct Professor of History at Trent University, Canada.