Moria politics in 1814: Amara to Maxwell, march 2

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Title:	Moria politics in 1814: Amara to Maxwell, march 2
Author:	Mouser, Bruce L.
Year:	1973
Periodical:	Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Série B: Sciences humaines
Volume:	35
Issue:	4
Pages:	805-812
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	Guinea United Kingdom
Subjects:	Manding colonization chieftaincy colonial history
Abstract:	This study of Moria (Guinea) politics in 1814 traces the developing hostilities between British traders and Mandingo chiefs in general, and the British attempts to subvert the traditional authority of one Mandingo chief, chief Amara of Moria, to British designs. Originally the relations between Amara and the British traders, who came from Freetown, were good: the Mandingo chiefs profited greatly from the increased trade. But after 1808, when Freetown authorities sought to persuade their own settlers, resident in Moria's rivers, to restrict themselves to legitimate commerce (to stop slave trade), friendship turned into hostility. In 1814 a number of slaves belonging to a Moria caravan escaped in Freetown and Governor Maxwell of Sierra Leone granted their freedom. This was the immediate cause for Amara to send him a letter, which is published at the end of the article, i.a. to remind him to refrain from involvement in local politics. Notes, map.