Slavery and Colonial Rule in Africa

by Klein,Martin A.

• ISBN13: 9780714644363
• ISBN10: 0714644366
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Colonial rule started with an endless succession of small, but often brutal, wars of conquest, the moral justification for which was that the European conquerors were bringing 'civilization' to 'darkest Africa'. An intrinsic part of this so-called 'civilizing mission' was the eradication of slave raiding, slave trading and slavery, all of which were widespread on the continent. Some of the studies in this book are on areas where there has been little research, such as the German colonies and the Algerian Sahara. Others throw new light on questions already debated, such as emancipation on the Gold Coast. Some focus on the impact of abolition on particular groups of slaves. Among the themes considered is the role of slaves in their own emancipation, the short and long term results of abolition, the role of the League of Nations, and the vestiges of slavery in Africa today.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	vi
Introduction	1	(15)
Suzanne Miers
Martin A. Klein
THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
Slavery and the Slave Trade as International Issues, 1890-1939	16	(22)
Suzanne Miers
FRENCH AFRICA
No Liberty, Not Much Equality, and Very Little Fraternity: The Mirage of Manumission in the Algerian Sahara in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century	38	(19)
Dennis Cordell
Slavery and Muslim Jurisprudence in Morocco	57	(16)
Ahmad Sikainga
Slavery and French Rule in the Sahara	73	(18)
Martin A. Klein
`The Ties that Bind': Servility and Dependency among the Fulbe of Bundu (Senegambia), c. 1930s to 1980s	91	(18)
Andrew F. Clark
GERMAN AFRICA
The `Freeing' of the Slaves in German East Africa: The Statistical Record, 1890-1914	109	(24)
Jan-Georg Deutsch
Slavery in Colonial Cameroon, 1880s to 1930s	133	(16)
Andreas Eckert
BRITISH AFRICA
The Administration of the Abolition Laws, African Responses and Post-Proclamation Slavery in the Gold Coast, 1874-1940	149	(18)
Kwabena Opare-Akurang
`Amana' and `Asiri': Royal Slave Culture and the Colonial Regime in Kano, 1903-26	167	(22)
Sean Stilwell
`When the Slaves Left, Owners Wept': Entrepreneurs and Emancipation among the lgbo People	189	(19)
Don C. Ohadike
`Do Dady nor Lef me Make dem Carry me': Slave Resistance and Emancipation in Sierra Leone, 1894-1928	208	(24)
Ismail Rashid
The End of Slavery among the Yoruba	232	(18)
Toyin Falola
Festina Lente: Slavery Policy and Practice in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	250	(23)
Taj Hargey
Notes on Contributors	273	(3)
Bibliography	276	(17)
Index	293
LIST OF MAPS
Societies discussed in this volume	vii
Morocco, Algeria and Sahara	viii
Southern Sahara and Sahel	ix
Nigeria and Cameroon	x
North East Africa, circa 1930	17
North East Africa and Arabia	18
German East Africa	110
Sierra Leone and Guinea	209
Maps 1 to 5 were prepared by Carolyn King of the York University Cartography Laboratory.