Slavery in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa Contributor(s): Medard, Henri (Editor), Doyle, Shane (Editor), Médard, Henri (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0821417932 ISBN-13: 9780821417935 Publisher: Ohio University Press OUR PRICE: $32.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - East - Social Science | Slavery |
Dewey: 306.362 |
LCCN: 2008271709 |
Series: Eastern African Studies (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - East Africa - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Slavery in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa is a collection of ten studies by the most prominent historians of the region. Slavery was more important in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa than often has been assumed, and Africans from the interior played a more complex role than was previously recognized. The essays in this collection reveal the connections between the peoples of the region as well as their encounters with the conquering Europeans. The contributors challenge the assertion that domestic slavery increased in Africa as a result of the international trade. Slavery in this region was not a uniform phenomenon and the line between enslaved and non-slave labor was fine. Kinship ties could mark the difference between free and unfree labor. Social categories were not always clear-cut and the status of a slave could change within a lifetime. |