Serving the master : slavery and society in nineteenth-century Morocco

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Serving the master : slavery and society in nineteenth-century Morocco

Mohammed Ennaji ; translated by Seth Graebner

Macmillan, 1999

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Soldats, domestiques et concubines le esclavage au Maroc au XIXemes

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-163)and index

"Originally published as Soldats, domestiques et concubines, le esclavage au Maroc au XIXemes."--T.p. verso

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This work uses a wealth of sources to paint a practical picture of the experiences of slaves in 19th-century Morocco. Mohammed Ennaji brings to life a panoply of figures, with court cases, travel accounts, and archival documents, demonstrating the cruelty of an institution whose benign features some writers have overemphasized. In contrast to slavery in the Americas, he argues that only a fine line separated the fluid categories of slave and free, and he reveals how slaves' dependence on their masters paralleled free Moroccans' dependence on patrons for survival and social mobility. "Muslim Slavery" offers a clear, readable history that tells the devastating story of slavery in this region, and uses slavery's gradual disappearance in this century as a metaphor for Morocco's move into modernity.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • E.Gellner Introduction Slaves in Society Daily Life Family and Sexuality Escape Emancipation Kidnapping Enslavement The Makhzen's Slaves Abolition Notes

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