"Dangerous Vagabonds"

Dangerous Vagabonds examines the problem of illicit slavery in Senegal following the 1848 emancipation law.

Robin A. Hardy is an executive with the Africa Center for Strategy and Policy in Washington DC and teaches university courses, specializing in Africa and Europe. Hardy is the author of several articles, including "Backgrounder-Islamic Insurgency in Senegal: A Foreboding History of Terror" (2023); "Europe, or the 'Original West,' Muslims, and Migration: The Peculiar History of France and West Africa with Broader Implications" (2020); "Countering Violent Extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Policy Makers Need to Know" (2019); and "Violent Extremism in the Western Sahel: An Old Story with Contemporary Implications" (2019).

Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: The Emerging French Atlantic Sandbox: Africans, Slaves and European Competition Chapter Three: West African Mixed-Race Residual Power and Slavery Chapter Four: French Spectatorship and Slavery Chapter Five: Metropolitan Political Culture: The Colonies, Race and the Emancipation of Slaves Chapter Six: Conclusion Bibliography