Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in AfricaThis history of African slavery 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 enslavement process 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. The new edition incorporates recent research, revised statistics on the slave trade demography, and an updated bibliography. |
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Contents
Africa and Slavery | 1 |
Slavery in Social Formations | 9 |
The African Setting | 12 |
The Islamic Factor | 15 |
The TransAtlantic Trade | 18 |
On the Frontiers of Islam 14001600 | 24 |
The Institution of Slavery in Muslim Africa | 29 |
The Muslim Connection | 36 |
The TransSaharan and Red Sea Trade | 152 |
The East African Trade | 155 |
The Internal Trade | 158 |
Slavery and Legitimate Trade on the West African Coast | 165 |
The Western Coast and Asante | 167 |
Dahomey and the Yoruba States | 176 |
The Bight of Biafra | 182 |
Slavery in the Savanna During the Era of the Jihads | 191 |
Slavery Along the Guinea Coast | 41 |
The Export Trade in Slaves 16001800 | 46 |
The Dominance of WestCentral Africa | 53 |
The Bight of Benin 16401800 | 55 |
The Gold Coast | 57 |
The Bight of Biafra | 59 |
The Upper Guinea Coast and Senegambia | 60 |
The Volume of the Trade Across the Sahara Red Sea and Indian Ocean | 61 |
Demographic Implications of the Export Trade | 62 |
The Enslavement of Africans 16001800 | 68 |
The Muslim Tradition of War and State | 70 |
WarLords of WestCentral Africa | 76 |
Politics of Slave Trading on the West African Coast | 80 |
The Dynamics of Slave Supply | 86 |
The Organization of Slave Marketing 16001800 | 91 |
Administered Trade in WestCentral Africa | 95 |
State Trade RiverBoats and Oracles | 98 |
Patterns in Restrictive Practices | 104 |
Slaves and Other Commodities | 105 |
The Import Trade | 106 |
Relationships of Dependency 16001800 | 112 |
The Northern Savanna | 115 |
The West African Coast and Its Interior | 120 |
Slavery in WestCentral Africa | 127 |
European Slavery in Africa | 133 |
The NineteenthCentury Slave Trade | 140 |
The Last Surge | 145 |
The Volume of the NonSlave Trade | 151 |
The Western Sudan | 194 |
The Central Sudan | 201 |
The Region East of Lake Chad | 208 |
The Organization of the Plantation Sector | 212 |
Slavery in the Sahel | 216 |
Assimilation of Slaves | 220 |
Slavery on the Periphery | 224 |
Slavery in Central Southern and Eastern Africa in the Nineteenth Century | 226 |
The OmaniSwahili Sector | 229 |
The SouthEastern Coast and the Lake Malawi Corridor | 233 |
The Portuguese Enclaves in WestCentral Africa | 237 |
Apprenticeship in South Africa | 238 |
Expansion of an Indigenous Slave Mode of Production | 240 |
The Limited Transformation of Lineage Slavery | 245 |
The Abolitionist Impulse | 252 |
The Colonial Occupation of the Western Coast | 254 |
Christian Missions in Central and East Africa | 262 |
The Imperialist Justification of Islamic Slavery | 267 |
Slavery in the Political Economy of Africa | 276 |
The Transformation of Slavery | 281 |
Articulation with Capitalism | 283 |
The Legacy of Slavery | 287 |
Chronology of Measures Against Slavery | 290 |
Notes | 295 |
| 318 | |
| 355 | |
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Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa African Studies, ISSN 0065-406X Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa, Paul E. Lovejoy |
| Author | Paul E. Lovejoy |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0521784301, 9780521784306 |
| Length | 367 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Africa / General History / World |
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