Marks of difference, marks of meaning
Branding, scarification and the “Liberated African” register at the Cape Colony, 1843–51
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19213672 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Crous (0000-0003-2052-9975, Stellenbosch University, corresponding author), Karl Bergemann (0009-0005-1549-9347, Stellenbosch University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 2026-05-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-3968 • E-ISSN: 1923-3051 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00083968.2026.2649887 |
| OpenAlex | W7162320552 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 33 |
Cape · JADE (particle detector) · Register (sociolinguistics) · Scarification · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · South African History and Culture
Angola and the Seventeenth-Century South Atlantic Slave Trade
Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power
Distant freedom
Marcas del reconocimiento y la diferencia
Coming into Visibility in the Indian Ocean
Liberating’ Africans and the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Scarification in Africa
Adult Children of Bondage
Emancipation and Race Perceptions at the Cape
Prize Negroes’ and the Development of Racial Attitudes in the Cape Colony
The Registers of Liberated Africans of the Havana Slave Trade Commission
Child Apprenticeship in the Cape Colony
Flights of Opportunity
African body marks, stereotypes and racialization in eighteenth-century Brazil
The Diaspora of Sierra Leone’s Liberated Africans
Beyond Diversity
Marked by fire
Rivers of Gold, Lives of Bondage
African History
Visible Bodies
Abolition and the Registration of Slaves and Libertos in Portuguese Mozambique, 1856–76
Poro, witchcraft and red water in early colonial Sierra Leone
Culture and classification
Inscribing the Body
Scarification and identity in the liberated Africans department register, 1814-1815
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |