A Liberian History Speedrun
3 stars
At only 100 pages, Burrowes does an admirable job of detailing Liberia's history during the slave trading period in that compact space without skipping too much. There's great detail on the slave trade itself and its intersections with Liberia and its people, with Burrowes demonstrating the demographic shockwave that resulted from the region's depopulation and the subsequent integration of migrants from the US and beyond. I wish the book was longer so it could cover that history in more detail and follow these threads to the present
At only 100 pages, Burrowes does an admirable job of detailing Liberia's history during the slave trading period in that compact space without skipping too much. There's great detail on the slave trade itself and its intersections with Liberia and its people, with Burrowes demonstrating the demographic shockwave that resulted from the region's depopulation and the subsequent integration of migrants from the US and beyond. I wish the book was longer so it could cover that history in more detail and follow these threads to the present