The abolition of slavery in Ottoman Tunisia / Ismael M. Montana ; foreword by Ehud R. Toledano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montana, Ismael Musah

Contributor:

Toledano, Ehud R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Tunisia--History.

Slavery.

Slave trade--Tunisia--History.

Slave trade.

Human rights--Tunisia--History.

Human rights.

Antislavery movements--Tunisia--History.

Antislavery movements.

Economic conditions.

History.

Tunisia--Economic conditions--18th century.

Tunisia.

Tunisia--Economic conditions--19th century.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 205 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]

Summary:

The first full examination of the factors for and against abolition in Tunisia and how it was able to occur in an environment hostile to such change.

Contents:

Introduction

The slave trade from the Ottoman period

Reforms and foreign trade, 1759-1814

Changing patterns of the slave trade, 1759-1814

The slave trade during European domination of the Mediterranean, 1815-1841

The road to abolition

Final abolition, 1846

The aftermath of abolition, 1846-1855

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813044828

0813044820

OCLC:

808215977