ISBN:
0521780128
,
0521784301
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 367 S.
,
Kt.
Edition:
2. ed.
Series Statement:
African studies series [100]
Series Statement:
African studies series
DDC:
306.3/62/096
Keywords:
Geschichte 1400-1850
;
Esclavage - Afrique - Histoire
;
Esclaves - Commerce - Afrique - Histoire
;
Slavernij
;
Geschichte
;
Sklaverei
;
Slave trade History
;
Slavery History
;
Sklavenhandel
;
Geschichte
;
Sklaverei
;
Africa - History
;
Afrika
;
Afrika
;
Afrika
;
Sklaverei
;
Geschichte
;
Afrika
;
Sklavenhandel
;
Geschichte 1400-1850
Abstract:
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
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