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Slavery in the Sudan : History, Documents, and Commentary [electronic resource]
Auflage
1st ed. 2013
Ort / Verlag
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US
Erscheinungsjahr
2013
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. Meroe -- Slavery in Sudanese Christian kingdoms -- Slaves of Sudan and Mamluks of Egypt -- Chapter 2. Pioneers of enslavement and the slave trade in Africa -- Portugal, Spain, England, France, Denmark -- The abolition act -- Chapter 3. Slavery and enslavement in the Funj society -- Slavery and authority in the Sultanate of Darfur -- Chapter 4. Slavery in the Mahdist state [1885-1898] -- Prohibition of slave export -- Enslavement of war spoils -- Enslavement and the jihadiyya -- The slaves of bait almal -- Transfer of slaves from one raya to another -- Regulation and control of slave movement and sales -- Abandoned slaves -- Seized and stolen slaves -- Recovery of runaway slaves -- Return of slaves mistakenly entered into bait almal -- Safe passage (road security) -- Servant, mistress, concubine, mother of a child, emancipated -- Slavery and charity -- The slave market -- Slavery, prices and currency -- Slavery and the Mahdiyya reforms -- Chapter 5. The condominium: disintegration of slavery and enslavement relations -- General policies -- Census - remnants of slave trade - registration of slaves -- Verification of terms -- Slave, serf -- The League of Nations and international journalism -- Memorandum of sectarian notables -- Legal mechanisms of eradication of slavery -- Renting out slaves and female slaves paying masters -- Manpower and labor markets -- Disintegration and decline of slavery relations.
This groundbreaking study offers a rare window into the history of slavery in the Sudan, with particular attention to the relationships between slaves and masters. Thoroughly documented, it provides valuable context to current issues of global concern and combats persistent myths about African slavery.