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Transition from slavery in Zanzibar and Mauritius / Abdul Sheriff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheriff, Abdul, author.
- Teelock, Vijaya, author.
- Wahab, Saada Omar, author.
- Peerthum, Satyendra, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Tanzania--Zanzibar--History.
- Slavery.
- Mauritius.
- Tanzania--Zanzibar.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (167 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, 2016.
- Summary:
- This book presents a comparative history of slavery and the transition from slavery to free labour in Zanzibar and Mauritius, within the context of a wider comparative study of the subject in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Abdul Sheriff and Vijayalakshmi Teelock
- Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Indian Ocean / Vijayalakshmi Teelock and Abdul Sheriff
- Emancipation and Post-emancipation in Zanzibar / Saada Omar Wahab
- 'Fit for Freedom' : Manumission and Freedom in Early British Mauritius, 1811-1839 / Satyendra Peerthum
- Suria : Its Relevance to Slavery in Zanzibar in the Nineteenth Century / Saada Omar Wahab
- 'Making a Life of Their Own' : Ex-apprentices in Early Post-emancipation Period, 1839-1872 / Satyendra Peerthum
- Conclusion / Abdul Sheriff and Vijayalakshmi Teelock.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9782869787308
- 2869787308
- OCLC:
- 988757056
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