The End of slavery in Africa

by Suzanne Miers, Richard Lee Roberts (Editor)

This is the first comprehensive assessment of the end of slavery in Africa. Editors Suzanne Miers and Richard Roberts, with the distinguished contributors to the volume, establish an agenda for the social history of the early colonial period—hen the end of slavery was one of the most significant historical and cultural processes. The End of Slavery in Africa is a sequel to Slavery in Africa , edited by Suzanne Miers and Igor Kopytoff and published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 1977. The contributors explore the historical experiences of slaves, masters, and colonials as they all confronted the end of slavery in fifteen sub-Saharan African societies. The essays demonstrate that it is impossible to generalize about whether the end of slavery was a relatively mild and nondisruptive process or whether it marked a significant change in the social and economic organization of a given society. There was no common pattern and no uniform consequence of the end of slavery. The results of this wide-ranging inquiry will be of lasting value to Africanists and a variety of social and economic historians.

Genres: History, Africa

524 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Donia Yaba · Rating 5 out of 5]

i really good.

[Benemint · Rating 3 out of 5]

The introduction gives a great summary of the field up to the 1980s. What is a more recent book on this issue?