Slavery in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa (Eastern African Studies)

Slavery was more important in the Great Lakes region than often has been assumed and Africans from the interior played a more complex role than was previously recognised. These ten 10 studies by the most prominent historians of the region. They reveal the connections between the peoples of the region as well as their encounters with conquering Europeans. Slavery was not a uniform phenomenon and the line between enslaved and non-slave labour was fine. This book challenges the assertion that domestic slavery increased in Africa as the result of the international trade. HENRI MEDARD is a Lecturer in History at the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and Cemaj; SHANE DOYLE is a Lecturer in History at Leeds University Contributors include: DAVID SCHOENBRUN, JAN-GEORG DEUTSCH, MARK LEOPOLD, RICHARD REID, HOLLY HANSON, EDWARD I. STEINHART, JEAN-PIERRE CHRETIEN & SHANE DOYLE North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Kenya: EAEP Slavery In The Great Lakes Region Of East Africa Looks At The Perceptions Of One Of The Main Themes Of African History: Slavery. There Was No Single Form Of Slavery, And The Line Between Enslaved And Nonslave Labor Was Fine. This Book Challenges The Assertion That Domestic Slavery Increased In Africa As The Result Of The International Trade.--provided By Publisher. Violence, Marginality, Scorn & Honour : Language Evidence Of Slavery To The Eighteenth Century / David Schoenbrun -- Notes On The Rise Of Slavery & Social Change In Unyamwezic, C.1860-1900 / Jan-georg Deutsch -- Slavery & Forced Labour In The Eastern Congo / David Northrup -- Legacies Of Slavery In North West Uganda : The Story Of The 'one-elevens' / Mark Leopold -- Human Booty In Buganda : Some Observations On The Seizure Of People In War, C.1700-1890 / Richard Reid -- Stolen People & Autonomous Chiefs In Nineteenth-century Buganda : The Social Consequences Of Non-free Followers / Holly Hanson -- Women's Experiences Of Enslavement & Slavery In Late Nineteenth & Early Twentieth-century Uganda / Michael W. Tuck -- Slavery & Other Forms Of Social Oppression In Ankole : 1890-1940 / Edward I. Steinhart -- The Slave Trade In Burundi & Rwanda At The Beginning Of German Colonisation : 1890-1906 / Jean-pierre Chrétien -- Bunyoro & The Demography Of Slavery Debate : Fertility, Kinship & Assimilation / Shane Doyle. Edited By Henri Médard & Shane Doyle. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 252-267) And Index. Examines slavery in the Great Lakes region and the complex role of Africans from the interior in the trade.Slavery was more important in the Great Lakes region than often has been assumed and Africans from the interior played a more complex role than was previously recognised. These ten 10 studies by the most prominent historiansof the region. They reveal the connections between the peoples of the region as well as their encounters with conquering Europeans. Slavery was not a uniform phenomenon and the line between enslaved and non-slave labour was fine.This book challenges the assertion that domestic slavery increased in Africa as the result of the international trade. HENRI MEDARD is a Lecturer in History at the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and Cemaj;SHANE DOYLE is a Lecturer in History at Leeds University Contributors include: DAVID SCHOENBRUN, JAN-GEORG DEUTSCH, MARK LEOPOLD, RICHARD REID, HOLLY HANSON, EDWARD I. STEINHART, JEAN-PIERRE CHRETIEN & SHANE DOYLE North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Kenya: EAEP Cover 1 Series Page 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 List of Maps & Tables 10 Notes on Contributors 11 Introduction 16 1. Violence, Marginality, Scorn & Honour: Language Evidence of Slavery to the Eighteenth Century 53 2. Notes on the Rise of Slavery & Social Change in Unyamwezi, c. 1860–1900 91 3. Slavery & Forced Labour in the Eastern Congo, 1850–1910 126 4. Legacies of Slavery in North West Uganda: The Story of the ‘One-Elevens’ 139 5. Human Booty in Buganda: Some Observations on the Seizure of People in War, c.1700–1890 160 6. Stolen People & Autonomous Chiefs in Nineteenth-Century Buganda: The Social Consequences of Non-free Followers 176 7. Women’s Experiences of Enslavement & Slavery in Late Nineteenth & Early Twentieth-Century Uganda 189 8. Slavery & Other Forms of Social Oppression in Ankole, 1890–1940 204 9. The Slave Trade in Burundi & Rwanda at the Beginning of German Colonisation, 1890–1906 225 10. Bunyoro & the Demography of Slavery Debate: Fertility, Kinship & Assimilation 246 References 267 Index 284 Slavery was more important in the Great Lakes region than often has been assumed and Africans from the interior played a more complex role than was previously recognised.
These ten 10 studies by the most prominent historiansof the region. They reveal the connections between the peoples of the region as well as their encounters with conquering Europeans.
Slavery was not a uniform phenomenon and the line between enslaved and non-slave labour was fine.This book challenges the assertion that domestic slavery increased in Africa as the result of the international trade.

HENRI MEDARD is a Lecturer in History at the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and Cemaj;SHANE DOYLE is a Lecturer in History at Leeds University

Contributors include: DAVID SCHOENBRUN, JAN-GEORG DEUTSCH, MARK LEOPOLD, RICHARD REID, HOLLY HANSON, EDWARD I. STEINHART, JEAN-PIERRE CHRETIEN & SHANE DOYLE

North America: Ohio U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Kenya: EAEP