Transition from slavery in Zanzibar and Mauritius : A comparative history /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Sheriff, Abdul, Teelock, Vijaya (Author), Wahab, Saada Omar (Author), Peerthum, Satyendra (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Francés
Published: Dakar : CODESRIA, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Codesria book series.
Subjects:
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Tanzania > Zanzibar > History.
Slavery > Tanzania > Zanzibar > History.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Mauritius > History.
Slavery > Mauritius > History.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Tanzanie > Zanzibar > Histoire.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Île Maurice > Histoire.
Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
HISTORY > Africa > East.
Slavery
Enslaved persons > Emancipation
Mauritius
Tanzania > Zanzibar
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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