Structure of Slavery in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780714654867)

The abolition of slavery in and around the Western Indian Ocean have been little studied. This collection examines the meaning of slavery and its abolition in relation to specific indigenous societies and to Islam, a religion that embraced the entire region, and draws comparisons between similar developments in the Atlantic system. Case studies include South Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar, the Benadir Coast, Arabia, the Persian Gulf and India. This volume marks an important new development in the study of slavery and its abolition in general, and an original approach to the history of slavery in the Indian Ocean and Asia regions.

Author: Gwyn Campbell
ISBN-10: 0714654868
ISBN-13: 9780714654867
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2003
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.84h x 6.06w x 0.92d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2004 pg. 347