Fighting the Slave Trade

West African Strategies

Sylviane A Diouf author Sylviane A Diouf editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:James Currey

Published:22nd Jan '04

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Fighting the Slave Trade cover

This collection of thirteen case studies by international scholars examines the strategies whole societies adopted in opposition to slavery over a period of five centuries. This is the first book to explore in a systematic manner the strategies used by Africans to protect and defend themselves and their communities from the onslaught of the Atlantic slave trade and how they assaulted it. It concludes with a reflective epilogue on the memory of slavery. North America: Ohio U Press

ISBN: 9780852554470

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 406g

296 pages