Islam's Black slaves : the other Black diaspora / Ronald Segal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Segal, Ronald, 1932-2008.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery and Islam--History.

Slavery and Islam.

Slavery--Islamic countries--History.

Slavery.

African diaspora.

History.

Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

xi, 273 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.

Summary:

In this companion volume to "The Black Diaspora", Segal tells the story of the Islamic slave trade. Tracing slavery through history, from Islam's inception in the seventh century to the Sudan and Morocco, which still have active markets, Segal reveals for the first time the extent of the trade and the sheer number of slaves bought and sold in the course of the subsequent centuries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-259) and index.

ISBN:

0374227748

OCLC:

44727984