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Bridgeheads of Empire? Liberated African missionaries in West Africa
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Everill, Bronwen (2012) Bridgeheads of Empire? Liberated African missionaries in West Africa. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 40 (5). pp. 789-805. doi:10.1080/03086534.2012.730833 ISSN 0308-6534.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2012.730833
Abstract
Sierra Leone's ‘New Christian Evangelists’ have sometimes been seen as a ‘bridgehead’ of imperial expansion in Nigeria, tying into the literature that sees missionaries as natural agents of empire. However, the expansion of a similar group into the Cameroons did not result in the expansion of the British Empire. This article argues that the ability to tie missionary and commercial interests to a perceived humanitarian cause—ending the slave trade—was crucial in creating the differences between Liberated African experiences of expansion in Nigeria and Cameroon.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 0308-6534 | ||||
Official Date: | November 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | 40 | ||||
Number: | 5 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 789-805 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/03086534.2012.730833 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Description: | Special Issue: Empire and Humanitarianism |
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