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1 online resource (306 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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African Studies
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African Studies.
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Contents |
Cover; Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa; 1 Introduction; Slavery on the East African Coast; From Honor to Respectability; Going To the Courts; SOURCES; Chapter Outlines; 2 Mzuri Kwao and Slavery in East Africa; The Slave Trade on the East African Coast; Slavery and Emancipation; Vulnerability; Conclusion; 3 Reputation and Disputing in the Courts; Courts on Pemba; Judges and Interlocutors in the Courts; Evidence and Oaths. |
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Disputes in the CourtsPublicizing Reputation; Conclusion; 4 Reputation, Heshima, and Community; Reputation; Leisure and Labor; Displaying Heshima; Heshima and Islam; Reputation, Contracts, and the Courts; Conclusion; 5 Changing Landscapes of Power; Reordering Heshima; Fighting for Honor, Disputing for Respect; "Civilizing" Power; Invisible Landscape of Power; Uchawi on Pemba; Reinterpreting the Archives; Conclusion; 6 Mitigating Vulnerability through Kinship; Friendship and Networked Kin; Family Ties Among Ex-Slaves; Concubines; Claiming and Denying Kinship; Conclusion; Conclusion. |
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Resistance or Vulnerability among WomenShifting Landscapes of Power; Witchcraft, Power, and Slavery; Why Pemba?; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Interviews; House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers; Newspapers; Friends House Library, London (FIM); National Archives (Formerly the Public Records Office), London (PRO); Rhodes House, Oxford (UMCA); Zanzibar National Archives, Tanzania (ZNA); Pemba Branch of Zanzibar National Archives (PNA); Published Reports; Secondary Sources and Published Primary Sources; Index; Series. |
Summary |
Demonstrates the links between emancipation and the redefinition of honour among all classes of people on the island of Pemba. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Slavery -- Africa, Eastern -- History.
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Slavery. |
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Eastern Africa. |
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History. |
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Slavery -- Tanzania -- Pemba -- History.
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Tanzania. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Africa, Eastern -- History.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- British colonies. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- French colonies. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Tanzania -- Pemba -- History.
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Slavery -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Slavery -- Religious aspects -- Islam. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: McMahon, Elisabeth. Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa : From Honor to Respectability. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2013 9781107025820 |
ISBN |
9781107336612 (electronic book) |
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1107336619 (electronic book) |
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1139198831 (electronic book) |
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9781139198837 (electronic book) |
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1299257488 |
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9781299257481 |
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9781107334953 |
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1107334950 |
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9781107025820 |
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1107025826 |
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