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The rise of British West Africa : comprising the early history of the colony of Sierra Leone, the Gambia, Lagos, Gold Coast, et cetera : with a brief account of climate, the growth of education, commerce, and religion and a comprehensive history of the bananas and Bance Islands and sketches of the Constitution / Claude George

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George, Claude
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Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2013.
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1 online resource (ix, 468 pages).
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Contents
ch. 1. Discovery and description of Sierra Leone -- chapter 2. A French invasion -- chapter 3. The settlers' rising -- chapter 4. Events of 1800 -- chapter 5. The Temne risings -- chapter 6. The Bananas Islands -- chapter 7. The Sierra Leone Company -- chapter 8. Subsequent history of the Sierra Leone Company, 1791-1807 -- chapter 9. Observations on the preceding chapter -- chapter 10. Fortification of the colony -- chapter 11. A brief sketch of the Constitution, 1787-1807 -- chapter 12. The African Institution, 1808-27 -- chapter 13. Commission of inquiry into the state of the settlement, 1810 -- chapter 14. Some important events -- chapter 15. Colonial churches -- chapter 17. Various elements in the population of the colony -- chapter 18. Financial condition of the civil establishment, et cetera -- chapter 19. Disbandment of West India regiments, et cetera -- chapter 20. Table allowance to governor, et cetera -- chapter 21. Postal communication between Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom, et cetera -- chapter 22. Uniforms of colonial governors and other superior officers of the civil establishment, et cetera -- chapter 23. The Quala and Port Locco expeditions -- chapter 24. Bance Island -- chapter 25. Appointment of Major-General Sir Neil Campbell -- chapter 26. History of the settlements on the Gambia -- chapter 27. Annexation of the settlements on the Gold Coast -- chapter 28. Report of inquiry into the state of the settlement, 1826 -- chapter 29. The villages, or liberated African towns -- chapter 30. Agriculture, et cetera -- chapter 31. Constitution and government, 1808-27 -- chapter 32. Education -- chapter 33. Religion -- chapter 34. The climate of Sierra Leone.
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9781315032764 (e-book : PDF)
9781136963292 (e-book: ePub)
9781136963360 (e-book: Mobi)
9780714616674 (hardback)
9781138010901 (paperback)
Note
First published in 1904 by Frank Cass.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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