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African voices on slavery and the slave trade / edited by Alice Bellagamba, Sandra E. Greene, Martin A. Klein with the assistance of Carolyn Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Africa--History.
- Slavery.
- Slave trade--Africa--History.
- Slave trade.
- Oral history--Africa.
- Oral history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 563 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- African Voices on Slavery & the Slave Trade
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Though the history of slavery is a central topic for African, Atlantic world and world history, most of the sources presenting research in this area are European in origin. To cast light on African perspectives, and on the point of view of enslaved men and women, this group of top Africanist scholars has examined both conventional historical sources (such as European travel accounts, colonial documents, court cases, and missionary records) and less-explored sources of information (such as folklore, oral traditions, songs and proverbs, life histories collected by missionaries and colonial officials, correspondence in Arabic, and consular and admiralty interviews with runaway slaves). Each source has a short introduction highlighting its significance and orienting the reader. This first of two volumes provides students and scholars with a trove of African sources for studying African slavery and slave trade.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. Remembering slavery and the slave trade
- pt. 2. The verbal arts and everyday objects
- pt. 3. Documenting our own histories and cultural practices
- pt. 4. Slavery observed: European travelers' accounts
- pt. 5. Administrative records
- pt. 6. Legal records
- pt. 7. Recorded encounters with the enslaved: Christian workers in Africa
- pt. 8. Documents from Muslim Africa
- pt. 9. Living with the past.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-23279-1
- 1-107-33223-0
- 1-107-33535-3
- 1-107-33618-X
- 1-107-33286-9
- 1-107-33452-7
- 1-139-02255-5
- OCLC:
- 867317358
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