Structure of Slavery in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia (Routledge Studies in Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures)

The abolition of slavery in and around the Western Indian Ocean have been little studied. This collection examines the meaning of slavery and its abolition in relation to specific indigenous societies and to Islam, a religion that embraced the entire region, and draws comparisons between similar developments in the Atlantic system. Case studies include South Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar, the Benadir Coast, Arabia, the Persian Gulf and India. This volume marks an important new development in the study of slavery and its abolition in general, and an original approach to the history of slavery in the Indian Ocean and Asia regions. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Introduction: Slavery and other forms of Unfree Labour in the Indian Ocean World......Page 8 The Academic Debate......Page 33 Slavery and Unfree Labour in the Indian Ocean World......Page 35 The Politics of Defining Slavery......Page 40 The Need for a Definition of Slavery......Page 42 NOTES......Page 45 Indian Merchants and Slave Ownership in Mozambique......Page 48 The Mozambique Slave-Trade and Slave Exports to Portuguese India......Page 50 Numbers, Sex Ratios and Prices......Page 56 Conclusion......Page 57 NOTES......Page 58 The Mascarene Slave-Trade and Labour Migration in the Indian Ocean during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries......Page 66 The Mascarene Slave-Trade to 1848......Page 67 The Mascarene Slave-Trade and the Wider Indian Ocean World......Page 73 Conclusion......Page 77 NOTES......Page 78 Introduction......Page 84 Runaways and petit marronage......Page 85 Grand marronage and Maroon Societies......Page 91 NOTES......Page 96 Violent Capture of People for Exchange on Karen-Tai borders in the 1830s......Page 102 Social Identities of some of the Principal Actors......Page 104 Slave Raiders, Traders and their Victims......Page 106 Slave Raiding and Warfare......Page 107 Quantitative Significance of the Slave-Trade......Page 108 Concluding Comments......Page 109 NOTES......Page 112 Introduction......Page 115 The Demand for Slaves......Page 116 Slavery, Serfdom and Debt Bondage......Page 119 The Supply of Slaves......Page 120 A Proposed ‘Unified Field Theory’......Page 121 The Demographics of Slavery......Page 122 NOTES......Page 124 Javanese Labourers Overseas......Page 128 Romusha Mobilization within Java......Page 131 Mining Operations......Page 132 Provision of Food and Clothing......Page 134 Work Conditions......Page 135 Concluding Remarks......Page 138 NOTES......Page 139 Introduction......Page 142 Slavery in the Sulu Sultanate......Page 143 Manumission, Ransom or Escape......Page 149 Conclusion......Page 153 NOTES......Page 154 Slavery and Colonial Representations in Indochina from the Second Half of the Nineteenth to the Early Twentieth Century......Page 160 The Victims of Slavery......Page 161 The Slave-trade......Page 164 Slave Functions and Conditions......Page 165 Colonial Propaganda: Representations and Repercussions......Page 167 The Impact of Explorer Accounts......Page 169 NOTES......Page 170 Introduction......Page 174 Origins of Slavery......Page 175 The Structure of Slavery......Page 176 Official Slavery......Page 177 Private Slavery......Page 178 Conclusion......Page 180 NOTES......Page 181 Introduction......Page 185 The Mode of Existence of Nobis: Slave or Serf?......Page 186 The Disintegration of the Nobi System during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries......Page 189 Sources of Supply......Page 193 Epilogue: The Final Collapse of the Nobi System......Page 194 NOTES......Page 195 A Theme in Variations: A Historical Schema1 of Slaving in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean Regions......Page 198 Indian Ocean Region......Page 200 Europe......Page 205 The Americas......Page 208 Africa......Page 212 In Lieu of Conclusions: The Atlantic Paradigm in Asian (and African) Perspective......Page 216 NOTES......Page 218 Map......Page 222 Notes on Contributors......Page 224 Index......Page 228

the First Of Two Volumes Of Recent Specialist Studies Of Slavery And Abolition Across The Indian Ocean World (iow), This Text Explores The Meaning Of Slavery In The Iow Up To The Period Of European Economic And Political Predominance In The 19th Century; The Second Volume Will Focus On The Origin, Impact, And Abolitionist Impulses In The Context Of The Rise Of The International Economy And European Colonialism. Thirteen Chapters Written By 13 International Scholars Demonstrate That The Essential Features Of The Slave-trade And The Complex And Shifting Forms Of Slavery In The Iow Contrast Sharply With Those Of The Transatlantic Slave-trade And Plantation Slavery In The Americas. Distributed In The Us By Taylor & Francis. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

"The abolition of slavery in and around the Western Indian Ocean have been little studied. This collection examines the meaning of slavery and its abolition in relation to specific indigenous societies and to Islam, a religion that embraced the entire region, and draws comparisons between similar developments in the Atlantic system. Case studies include South Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar, the Benadir Coast, Arabia, the Persian Gulf and India. This volume marks an important new development in the study of slavery and its abolition in general, and an original approach to the history of slavery in the Indian Ocean and Asia regions."-- Provided by publisher Annotation This collection examines the meaning of slavery and its abolition in relation to specific indigenous societies and to Islam, a religion that embraced the entire region, and draws comparisons between similar developments in the Atlantic system.