Conclusion: Kru Free Wage Laborers in Global History

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VII
3. Contents IX
4. List of Tables XI
5. List of Figures XIII
6. Foreword XV
7. Introduction: A Free Wage Labor African Diaspora 1
8. Chapter 1: Surfboats 34
9. Chapter 2: Freetown – A Catalyst for Diaspora 72
10. Chapter 3: The Expansion of Kru Labor in the Royal Navy 103
11. Chapter 4: Kru Labor in Expeditions and Military Campaigns 129
12. Chapter 5: Kru Labor in the British Caribbean 158
13. Chapter 6: Growth in Diaspora and Decline in the Homeland 179
14. Conclusion: Kru Free Wage Laborers in Global History 209
15. Appendix A: Muster Lists, 1819–20 219
16. Appendix B: Interviews 222
17. Glossary of Kru Language Terms 224
18. Bibliography 226
19. Index 255