Ransoming Prisoners in Precolonial Muslim Western Africa

Examines African debates on captivity, legal and illegal enslavement, and religious and ethnic identity in the era of West African jihads.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
List of Tables
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Islamic Discourse on Slavery and Ransoming before 1800
Chapter 2 - The Policy and Practice of Ransoming in the Maghrib
Chapter 3 - Jihad, the Sokoto Caliphate, and Ransoming
Chapter 4 - The Jihad of 'Umar Taal and its Ransoming Non-Policies
Chapter 5 - The Negotiation and Practice of Ransoming Prisoners
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

JENNIFER LOFKRANTZ is an Associate Professor of History at Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait.

Zusammenfassung

Examines African debates on captivity, legal and illegal enslavement, and religious and ethnic identity in the era of West African jihads.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jennifer Lofkrantz, Professor Jennifer (Person) Lofkrantz
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 20.06.2023
• EAN: 9781648250644
• ISBN: 978-1-64825-064-4
• Seiten: 228
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Gewicht: 476 g
• Serien: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Neuzeit bis 1918; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges