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Transition from Slavery in Zanzibar and Mauritius /

This book presents a comparative history of slavery and the transition from slavery to free labour in Zanzibar and Mauritius, within the context of a wider comparative study of the subject in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds. Both countries are islands, with roughly the same size of area and pop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sheriff, Abdul, Peerthum, Satyendra (Autor), Wahab, Saada Omar (Autor), Teelock, Vijaya (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Francés
Publicado: Dakar : CODESRIA, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prelim
  • Introduction
  • Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Indian Ocean
  • Emancipation and Post-emancipation in Zanzibar
  • 'Fit for Freedom': Manumission and Freedom in Early British Mauritius, 1811-1839
  • Suria: Its Relevance to Slavery in Zanzibar in the Nineteenth Century
  • 'Making a Life of their Own': Ex-apprentices in Early Post-emancipation Period, 1839
  • 1872
  • Conclusion
  • References.