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Author McMahon, Elisabeth, 1970-

Title Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa : From Honor to Respectability.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (306 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series African Studies
African Studies.
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.
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.
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.
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Subject Slavery -- Africa, Eastern -- History.
Slavery.
Eastern Africa.
History.
Slavery -- Tanzania -- Pemba -- History.
Tanzania.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Africa, Eastern -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- British colonies.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- French colonies.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Tanzania -- Pemba -- History.
Slavery -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Slavery -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: McMahon, Elisabeth. Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa : From Honor to Respectability. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2013 9781107025820
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