Children of Ham

Freed Slaves and Fugitive Slaves on the Kenya Coast, 1873 to 1907
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-01570-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

Children of Ham: Freed Slaves and Fugitives Slaves on the Kenya Coast,I 873 to 1907 is a chronological account of the repeated bids for freedom made by slaves and ex-slaves on the Kenya coast and of the obstacles placed in their way by the British, the Busaidi Arabs, and the peoples of the coast. Efforts to escape slavery are as old as slavery itself on the Kenya coast, but the principal story begins in 1873, when Britain pressured the sultan of Zanzibar to abolish the ocean-going slave trade. Thereafter, political and military conflict intensified on the coast, while opportunities for slaves to escape increased accordingly. This period, ending roughly with the abolition of the legal status of slavery in 1907, corresponds to the imperial scramble from its earliest stages to the effective establishment of European rule.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morton, Fred

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction -- Slavery and Escape -- Watoro -- The Freed Slaves of Frere Town -- Missionaries and Fugitive Slaves -- Rabai and William Jones -- The Imperial British East Africa Company -- The East Africa Protectorate -- After Slavery -- Conclusion -- Appendix

Über Autor(innen)

Morton, Fred