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CONTENTS; Maps and Figures xiii; Letter to the Reader xv; Acknowledgments xvii; A Note on Ghanaian Ideograms xix; PART I; THE GRAPHIC HISTORY 1; Chapter 1: Abina Awakes 3; Chapter 2: The Breaking of the Beads 15; Chapter 3: The Truth 25; Chapter 4: Life at Quamina Eddoo’s House 39; Chapter 5: He Did Nothing Good for Me 53; Chapter 6: Abina Silenced, Abina Redeemed 65; PART II; THE TRANSCRIPT 81; The Testimony of Abina Mansah ?; The Testimony of Eccoah Coom ?; The Testimony of Adjuah N’Yamiweh ?; The Testimony of Yowahwah ?; PART III; HISTORICAL CONTEXT 95; The Gold Coast, ca. 1876 99; The British Civilizing Mission 104; The Civilizing Mission in the Gold Coast 105; Slavery in the Gold Coast 106; The Atlantic Slave Trade and Abolition 107; Abina Mansah and the Important Men 109; PART IV; READING GUIDE 113; Whose Story Is This? 116; Is This a True Story? 122; Is This Authentic History? 130; PART V; ENGAGING ABINA 139; Gendering Abina 141; Was Abina a slave? 144; Sandra Greene, Who was Abina Mansah? 145; Kwasi Konadu, Was Abina Mansah a ’Slave’? 146; Antoinette Burton, Sex and Slavery in the 1876 Case of Abina Mansah 147; Reading Questions 149; Introductory Questions, for Students at All Levels 149; Questions for Students at the University or College Level 150; Additional Questions for Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate Students 152; Timeline 155; Further Resources 159; Abina Mansah 159; Slavery and Abolition on the Gold Coast 160; About Colonialism and the Gold Coast 161; General Histories of Africa 162; Imperialism and Colonialism 162; Gender and African History 163; Web Resources 164; Preliminary Sketches 165; Glossary 175

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