Slavery and slaving in African history / Sean Stilwell, University of Vermont.
Stilwell, Sean Arnold, author.
2014
HT1321 .S75 2014 (Mapit)
On loan from General Collection, due 15. Jan 2023

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Title Slavery and slaving in African history / Sean Stilwell, University of Vermont.
Author Stilwell, Sean Arnold, author.
ISBN 9780521171885 (paperback)
0521171881 (paperback)
9781107001343 (hardcover)
110700134X (hardcover)
Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Language English
Description xvi, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Call Number HT1321 .S75 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.3/62096
Summary This book is a comprehensive history of slavery in Africa from the earliest times to the end of the twentieth century, when slavery in most parts of the continent ceased to exist. It connects the emergence and consolidation of slavery to specific historical forces both internal and external to the African continent. Sean Stilwell pays special attention to the development of settled agriculture, the invention of kinship, "big men" and centralized states, the role of African economic production and exchange, the interaction of local structures of dependence with the external slave trades (transatlantic, trans-Saharan, Indian Ocean), and the impact of colonialism on slavery in the twentieth century. He also provides an introduction to the central debates that have shaped current understanding of slavery in Africa. The book examines different forms of slavery that developed over time in Africa and introduces readers to the lives, work, and struggles of slaves themselves.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series New approaches to African history ; 8.
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