African Voices on Slavery and the Slave Trade, Volume 2: Essays on Sources and Methods

What were the experiences of those in Africa who suffered from the practice of slavery, those who found themselves captured and sold from person to person, those who died on the trails, those who were forced to live in fear? And what of those Africans who profited from the slave trade and slavery? What were their perspectives? How do we access any of these experiences and views? This volume explores diverse sources such as oral testimonies, possession rituals, Arabic language sources, European missionary, administrative and court records and African intellectual writings to discover what they can tell us about slavery and the slave trade in Africa. Also discussed are the methodologies that can be used to uncover the often hidden experiences of Africans embedded in these sources. This book will be invaluable for students and researchers interested in the history of slavery, the slave trade and post-slavery in Africa.

Author: Alice Bellagamba
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/14/2016
Pages: 215
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 10.41h x 7.15w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780521199612

About the Author
Greene, Sandra E.: - Sandra E. Greene is Professor of African History in the Department of History at Cornell University.Klein, Martin A.: - Martin A. Klein is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Toronto.Bellagamba, Alice: - Alice Bellagamba is Associate Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology in the Department of Human Sciences for Education 'Riccardo Massa' at the University of Milan-Bicocca.