Race and Slavery in the Middle East

Histories of trans-Saharan Africans in nineteenth-century Egypt, Sudan, and the Ottoman Mediterranean

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9306674
AutoresTerence Walz, Kenneth M Cuno
Ano2011
Páginas264
Data de publicação2011-02-15
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoRace and slavery in the Middle East (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraAmerican University in Cairo Press (PUBLISHER • EG)
DOI10.5743/cairo/9789774163982.001.0001
OpenAlexW2481180767
Open LibraryOL25005995M
ISBN9789774163982
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19

In the nineteenth century hundreds of thousands of Africans were forcibly migrated northward to Egypt and other eastern Mediterranean destinations, yet relatively little is known about them. Studies have focused mainly on the mamluk and harem slaves of elite households, who were mostly white, and on abolitionist efforts to end the slave trade, and most have relied heavily on western language sources. In the past forty years new sources have become available, ranging from Egyptian religious and civil court and police records to rediscovered archives and accounts in western archives and libraries. Along with new developments in the study of African slavery these sources provide a perspective on the lives of non-elite trans-Saharan Africans in nineteenth century Egypt and beyond. The nine chapters in this volume examine the lives of slaves and freed men and women in Egypt, Sudan, and the Ottoman Mediterranean

Ancient history · Archaeology · Elite · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Harem · Mamluk · Middle East · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Sociology · White (mutation · African history and culture analysis · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · 19th century · Blacks · race relations · Slavery · Slaves · Social conditions