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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821462803321

Autore

Montana Ismael Musah

Titolo

The abolition of slavery in Ottoman Tunisia / / Ismael M. Montana ; foreword by Ehud R. Toledano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2013

ISBN

0-8130-4641-6

0-8130-4842-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ToledanoEhud R

Disciplina

306.3/6209611

Soggetti

Slavery - Tunisia - History

Slave trade - Tunisia - History

Human rights - Tunisia - History

Antislavery movements - Tunisia - History

Tunisia Economic conditions 18th century

Tunisia Economic conditions 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The slave trade from the Ottoman period -- Reforms and foreign trade, 1759-1814 -- Changing patterns of the slave trade, 1759-1814 -- The slave trade during European domination of the Mediterranean, 1815-1841 -- The road to abolition -- Final abolition, 1846 -- The aftermath of abolition, 1846-1855 -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

The first full examination of the factors for and against abolition in Tunisia and how it was able to occur in an environment hostile to such change.