Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (African Studies, Series Number 100) - Softcover

Lovejoy, Paul E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521784301 ISBN 13: 9780521784306

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This history of African slavery from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context. Professor Lovejoy discusses the medieval Islamic slave trade and the Atlantic trade as well as the enslavement process and the marketing of slaves. He considers the impact of European abolition and assesses slavery's role in African history. The book corrects the accepted interpretation that African slavery was mild and resulted in the slaves' assimilation. This new edition incorporates recent research, revised statistics on the slave trade demography, and an updated bibliography.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul E. Lovejoy is a Distinguished Research Professor at York University, Toronto and holds the Canada Research Chair in African Diaspora History. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples and a member of the UNESCO 'Slave Route' Project. Lovejoy's recent publications include Repercussions of the Atlantic Slave Trade (2010) and Slavery, Islam and Diaspora (2009). He is the editor of the Harriet Tubman Series on the African Diaspora for Africa World Press. He has received several awards, including an honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling in 2007, the President's Research Award of Merit from York University in 2009 and the Distinguished Africanist Award from the University of Texas, Austin in 2010.

Review:

"[T]his splendid book...makes important contributions to the study of African history and slavery." Journal of Social History

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521784301
• ISBN 13: 9780521784306
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 392