Slavery and manumission [[electronic resource] ] : British policy in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the first half of the 20th century / / Jerzy Zdanowski

• Autore: Zdanowski Jerzy
• Pubblicazione: Reading, U.K., : Ithaca Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (509 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.36209
• Soggetto topico: Slavery - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Glossary; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Slavery in Arabian Societies at the Turn of the 20th Century; Slaves in the Hijaz; Slave Presence on the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf; The Trade in Slaves; Bodyguards, Servants and Divers; Female Slaves; Chapter 2 British Manumission and its Impact on the System of Slavery; Islamic Manumission; Three Silent Factors of Domestic Slavery; British Anti-Slavery Politics in the Hijaz and in the Persian Gulf; The Manumission Movement in the Persian Gulf in the 1920's and '30's ; Reliability of the Slaves' Stories Agitation Against the British Manumission; Chapter 3 The Red Sea: The Problem of Abyssinia and Relations with Ibn Saud; Abyssinia: The Unsolved Problem; Regulations in the Sudan and the Report of Major Diggle; The Slavery Convention of 1926; The Prevention of the Traffic in Slaves in the Red Sea; The Right to Manumit and Relations with Ibn Saud; Chapter 4 The Persian Gulf: The Problem of Makran and Relations with Persia; The Arab Rulers and the Recovery of Slaves; The Difficulties in Makran; Importation from India ; The Right to Manumit and Relations with Persia Conclusion Slavery, Manumission and Politics; Appendix The List of Slaves Manumitted at British Agencies in the Persian Gulf between 1909 and 1949; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: I am a free-born woman, and not a slave of anyone'' , Manuy bint Khalfan, Speaking to a British Agency in Sharjah on 24th October 1938. Manuy bint Khalfan was a female slave who was sold and mortgaged several times before she finally escaped from her master. This book is dedicated to her memory, and to the memory of all the other slaves who have had the will to escape. Many books have been written about slavery, but what makes this one unique is that it presents the problem of slavery using the statements and life stories of individual slaves. Manumission procedures applied in the Persian Gulf
• Titolo autorizzato: Slavery and manumission
• ISBN: 0-86372-440-X; 0-86372-439-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463086603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II