Worlds of Unfreedom

An African-centered account of the protracted battle to end the slave trade, connecting local and global histories In Worlds of Unfreedom , Roquinaldo Ferreira recasts West Central Africa as a key battleground in the struggle to abolish the transatlantic slave trade between the 1830s and the 1860s. Ferreira foregrounds the experiences and agency of enslaved Africans, challenging Eurocentric narratives that marginalize African participation in abolition efforts. Drawing on extensive archival rese