Lamibe Musulmans, missionnaires Chretiens et administrateurs coloniaux face a l’esclavage

Monotheist religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) have experienced in their history ambivalent relationships with slavery. Born in contexts deeply affected by the practice of slavery, they brought positions that have always given rise to controversies. In this regard, the region of Adamawa in the Northern part of Cameroon, could be consider as a laboratory where interact and collide several conceptions and positions in relation to slavery: Islam that justified the establishment of slavery in the area, Christianity in a posture of proselytism, and French and German colonial administrations balancing between their humanitarian considerations and field realities. Our goal in this article is to present, from the primary sources, the positions of those different actors in their relationships with slavery practiced locally, considering the legal texts or moral requirements that guide their perceptions and actions. This legal pluralism is a major concern for understanding slavery in multicultural societies and the difficulties to end it

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