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American Slaves and African Masters : Algiers and the Western Sahara, 1776-1820 / by C. Sears.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sears, Christine E., 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa--History.
- Africa.
- United States--History.
- United States.
- History, Modern.
- America--History.
- America.
- Africa, North--History.
- Africa, North.
- Human rights.
- African History.
- US History.
- Modern History.
- History of the Americas.
- History of North Africa.
- Human Rights.
- Local Subjects:
- African History.
- US History.
- Modern History.
- History of the Americas.
- History of North Africa.
- Human Rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Whether by falling prey to Algerian corsairs or crashing onto the desert shores of Western Sahara, a handful of Americans in the first years of the Republic found themselves enslaved in a system that differed so markedly from nineteenth century U.S. slavery that some contemporaries and modern scholars hesitate to categorize their experiences as 'slavery.' Sears uses a comparative approach, placing African enslavement of Americans and Europeans in the context of Mediterranean and Ottoman slaveries, while individually investigating the system of slavery in Algiers and Western Sahara. This work illuminates the commonalities and peculiarities of these slaveries, while contributing to a growing body of literature that showcases the flexibility of slavery as an institution.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Remembering the "Horror of Mahometan Vassalage"; 1 "This World Is Full of Vicissitudes"; Part I Algiers; 2 "Far Distant from Our Country, Families, Friends, and Connections": American Slaves in Ottoman Algiers; 3 "Once a Citizen of the United States of America, But at Present the Most Miserable Slave": Americans and Slave Community; 4 "American Livestock, Now Slaves in Algiers": Elite Slaves in Ottoman Algiers; 5 "We Set No Great Value upon Money": A Slave Economy
- Part II Western Sahara6 "Sons of Sorrow": American Slaves in the Western Sahara; 7 "Clear the Country of All You Christian Dogs": The Business of Redemption; Epilogue: A Different Kind of Slavery; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283641470
- 128364147X
- 9781137295033
- 1137295031
- OCLC:
- 812506778
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