The initial impetus in the historiography of the colony was nationalist. Fyfe, Porter, Spitzer, Wyse, White, Denzer, and others focused on Freetonian accomplishments to make the case that African agency, as well as colonial initiative, became important in the making of the British colony. The extant historiography consigned non-Freetonian groups to the background and grouped them as “non-colony peoples” or “interior peoples.” Even when other groups came under inquiry, such as women, non-Freetonians, and Muslims, the Freetonian focus remained.