The Manumission Movement in the Gulf in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10280407 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jerzy Zdanowski (0000-0002-6878-0432, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 863-883 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00263206.2010.527121 |
| OpenAlex | W2074706478 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Between 1906 and 1949, more than 950 slaves reported at the British agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, and Sharjah and asked for manumission. Their written statements prove that slavery was an important part of the local socio-economic system and that many slaves had for generations been bound with the same families of owners. The manumission movement was caused mainly by the collapse of the pearl industry in the Gulf in the 1920s and 1930s, but it was the psychological factor rather than the economic one which played the decisive role in slaves coming to a decision to run away from their master
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Economic history · Movement (music · Pearl · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Socioeconomic Development in MENA
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |