Transformations in slavery : a history of slavery in Africa / Paul E. Lovejoy.
"This history of slavery in Africa from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context." "Professor Lovejoy discusses the medieval Islamic slave trade and the Atlantic trade as well as the process of ensla...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | African studies series ;
36. |
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| Summary: | "This history of slavery in Africa from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context." "Professor Lovejoy discusses the medieval Islamic slave trade and the Atlantic trade as well as the process of enslavement and the marketing of slaves. He considers the impact of European abolition and assesses slavery's role in African history." "The book corrects the accepted interpretation that African slavery was mild and resulted in the slaves' assimilation. Instead, slaves were used extensively in production, although the exploitation methods and the relationships to world markets differed from those in the Americas. Nevertheless, slavery in Africa, like slavery in the Americas, developed from its position on the periphery of capitalist Europe."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 367 pages : maps) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-354) and index. |