The English in West Africa, 1685-1688

The letter-books of the Royal African Company of England, which have never previously been printed, cover the period 1681-1699. The original texts are being published in full, with extensive explanatory commentary, in three or four volumes. This second volume contains the letters for 1685-1688.

ISBN 019726252X   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780197262528 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 868 Publisher Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxford University Press   Series ISSN 5 Format Hardback   Series title Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History Publication date 06 Sep 2001   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress 2001277407   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 380.1096609032   Spine width (mm) 43 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 486

topics are helpfully given a separate index, enabling the researcher to comb through the book relatively quickly. Robin Law has edited the correspondence deftly and unostentatiously ... this documentary edition will be well thumbed by historians. All university libraries with serious research collections should purchase a copy. History A highly valuable addition to the corpus of source materials for the history of precolonial West Africa and the transatlantic slave trade ... Robin Law should be congratulated for his ongoing efforts in placing this vital source for the history of precolonial West Africa and the slave trade in the public domain. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Robin Law has taken on the immense and painstaking job of editing the Royal African Company's (RAC) letter-books (1681-99) ... he brings experience and a sharp scholarly eye to the task ... The scholarly apparatus of the volume is excellent ... Professor Law is to be congratulated for having made this collection of letter-books available to scholars. Journal of African History Important insights into the early political and economic history of Ghana, making this handsomely produced scholarly volume an important contribution to the history of West Africa. Times Literary Supplement

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