Slavery in Africa and the Caribbean : a history of enslavement and identity since the 18th century / edited by Olatunji Ojo and Nadine Hunt

Object Details

Author

Lovejoy, Paul E

Ojo, Olatunji

Hunt, Nadine

Canadian Association of African Studies

"Most of the chapters in this book derive from conference papers presented at the Canadian Association for African Studies (CAAS) Annual Meeting and Conference held at Carleton University, Ottawa in May 2010. Coinciding with the Association's 40th anniversary, the editiors thought it was an appropriate time for past and present students of Professor Paul Ellsworth Lovejoy to celebrate his scholarly contributions and career ..."--p. [x].

AFA copy Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment.

Contents

Ethnicity and identity at the Niger-Benue confluence during the nineteenth century Nupe Jihad / Femi James Kolapo -- Slave trading in Kano Emirate / Mohammed Bashir Salau -- Concubinage and slavery in Benguela, c. 1750-1850 / Mariana P. Candido -- Correspondence of the Lagos slave trade, 1848-1950 / Olatunji Ojo -- The metamorphosis of slavery in colonial Mombasa, 1907-1963 / Feisal Farah -- Economy, politics, and the early formation of a cultural identity in British Virgin Islands' slave society / Katherine A. Smith -- Remembering Africans in diaspora : Robert Wedderburn's 'Freedom narrative' / Nadine Hunt

2012

Type

Congresses

Conference papers and proceedings

History

Physical description

xii, 224 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm

Place

Africa

Caribbean Area

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Slavery--History

Slaves--Social conditions

Slavery--Psychological aspects

Record ID

siris_sil_1043181

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0