Plantation Slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate

Name: Plantation Slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate
Brand: University of Rochester Press
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By Salau, Mohammed Bashir

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A large-scale study of plantation slavery in West Africa with a focus on the nineteenth century Sokoto caliphate, this book draws on diverse sources including oral testimony, Arabic material, and extant scholarly works about the caliphal state. Plantation Slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate: A Historical and Comparative Study offers new views on various fundamental issues including the definition of blackness in the Sokoto caliphate, the meaning of the term "plantation," the significance of plantation slavery in the caliphal state, and the role of slavery in the context of African states. Author Mohammed Bashir Salau analyzes key themes in the history of plantation slavery: slave acquisition, slave treatment, plantation management, and slave control. Building on this analysis, Salau points to previously unknown ways in which the caliphal state prevented the development of serfdom, arguing that while social and economic factors played a role in the rise of slavery in the Sokoto caliphate, conscious political choice was the major factor for the rise and maintenance of plantation slavery. This study will be of major interest to students and scholars of slavery in Africa in general and in the Sokoto Caliphate in particular; in addition, through its comparative discussion it contributes to the literature on second slavery. Mohammed Bashir Salau is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Mississippi.

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Number of Pages:: 248
Release Date:: 2018-11-15
Publication Date:: 2018-11-01
Publisher:: University of Rochester Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1580469388
ISBN13:: 9781580469388
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 559 g
Height:: 15.7 cm
Width:: 23.5 cm
Thickness:: 1.9 cm

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