The Paradox of Protection
The Making of Indirect Rule in Southern Sierra Leone, 1850-1915
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"The Paradox of Protection: The Making of Indirect Rule in Southern Sierra Leone 1850-1915 uncovers how protection emerged as one of the central concepts through which Africans and Britons negotiated shifting meanings of law and economy from informal to formal rule. It shows how British protection schemes, an assemblage of written and unwritten legal strategies that aimed to safeguard British subjects and trade routes, paradoxically forged an enduring foundation of insecurity by criminalizing traditional security measures. Tracing the history of these promises of protection reveals how the Afr...
"The Paradox of Protection: The Making of Indirect Rule in Southern Sierra Leone 1850-1915 uncovers how protection emerged as one of the central concepts through which Africans and Britons negotiated shifting meanings of law and economy from informal to formal rule. It shows how British protection schemes, an assemblage of written and unwritten legal strategies that aimed to safeguard British subjects and trade routes, paradoxically forged an enduring foundation of insecurity by criminalizing traditional security measures. Tracing the history of these promises of protection reveals how the African leaders who sought British alliances as leverage in their own longstanding disputes became increasingly vulnerable to physical and juridical violence. New forums like chieftaincy elections and criminal courts - while distinctly features of Protectorate rule - became spaces for Africans to debate enduring grievances over land and legitimacy. This book reveals how long-standing negotiations over protection on the frontier shaped the framework of colonial law and rule well into the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.