Indian Ocean Slavery in the Age of Abolition

by Robert W. Harms

While the British were able to accomplish abolition in the trans-Atlantic world by the end of the nineteenth century, their efforts paradoxically caused a great increase in legal and illegal slave trading in the western Indian Ocean. Bringing together essays from leading authorities in the field of slavery studies, this comprehensive work offers an original and creative study of slavery and abolition in the Indian Ocean world during this period...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300163878
• ISBN13: 9780300163872
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"