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Ransoming White Captives

An Episode in Anglo-Asante Relations, 1869-1874

Bibliographic Data

ID11203015
AuthorsOlatunji Ojo (corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume42
Issue1
Pages109-135
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Economic History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0145-2258 • E-ISSN: 2163-9108
PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3368/aeh.42.1.109
OpenAlexW1917422824
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited32

In 1872, three years after Asante soldiers took four Europeans into captivity negotiations for their release had gone nowhere because the European contact agency, the British colonial administration in the Gold Coast, was reluctant to pay a huge ransom in exchange for the detainees’ release

Administration (probate law · Ancient history · Colonialism · Economic history · Ethnology · Political science · Principle of legality · Ransom · White (mutation · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,25
Citation span2018 - 2025 (8)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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