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ACCOUNT OF THE NATIVE AFRICANS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SIERRA LEONE 2 VOLUME SETS
TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRESENT STATE OF MEDICINE AMONG THEM |
| By: |
Thomas Winterbottom |
| Format: |
Multiple copy pack |
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£53.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108020887 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108020886 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
21 October, 2010 |
| Edition: |
2 Multiple copy packs |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies |
| Pages: |
738 |
| Description: |
An intriguingly broad picture of Sierra Leone is given in Winterbottom's 1803 work, addressing geography, religion, medicine and women's status. |
| Synopsis: |
Sierra Leone in West Africa is the subject of this 1803 work by English physician Thomas Winterbottom (1766-1859). In the 1790s he spent four years there working for the Sierra Leone Company, established by abolitionists to resettle ex-slaves, and combatting diseases such as malaria and scurvy. He displays none of the pejorative views of Africa or its inhabitants that some of his contemporaries expressed, but has a very positive opinion of the country. Winterbottom describes the women as beautiful and graceful, and he dismisses racial differentiations based on skin colour as being absurd. In Volume 1 he draws a many-faceted picture of the climate, history and traditions of Sierra Leone. Volume 2 focuses on African medicine and common diseases found in Sierra Leone. |
| No. of pieces |
2 |
| Illustrations: |
6 b/w illus. 2 maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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