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Freedom’s Debtors: British Antislavery in Sierra Leone in the Age of Revolution

Padraic Scanlan

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Antislavery on a Slave Coast -- 2. Let That Heart Be English -- 3. The Vice- Admiralty Court -- 4. The Absolute Disposal of the Crown -- 5. The Liberated African Department -- Epilogue: MacCarthy's Skull -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y

HistoryWorld History · medium confidenceWorld History81 signalsLlm Classifier: World History -> World HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryAward Category: American History -> American HistorySlavery & EmancipationCourts & TrialsEssays & Cultural CriticismAfrica & the African Diaspora

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
American Historical Association Book Prizes: James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History2018WinnerOfficial source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Sierra Leone82%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 55%.