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9781558762749

The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam

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  • ISBN13:

    9781558762749

  • ISBN10:

    1558762744

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-10-01
  • Publisher: Markus Wiener Pub

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Summary

Presents a collection of primary materials on the enslavement of Africans in Islamic countries of the Mediterranean, covering such topics as Muslim views on slavery, the capture and sale of slaves, and the types of labor they performed.

Author Biography

John Hunwick, Northwestern University Eve Troutt Powell, University of Georgia

Table of Contents

Illustrations
vi
Preface vii
The Same But Different: Africans in Slavery in the Mediterranean Muslim World ix
John Hunwick
The Silence of the Slaves xxv
Eve M. Troutt Powell
Basic Texts on Slavery
1(10)
Some Muslim Views on Slavery
11(10)
Slavery and the Law
21(12)
Perceptions of Africans in Some Arabic and Turkish Writings
33(18)
Slave Capture
51(14)
The Middle Passage
65(18)
Slave Markets
83(14)
Eunuchs and Concubines
97(24)
Domestic Service
121(8)
Agricultural Labor
129(8)
Military Service
137(8)
Religion and Community
145(18)
Freedom and Post-Slavery
163(16)
Abolition of Slavery
179(18)
A Slave Narrative
197(24)
Notes 221(22)
Bibliography 243

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