History of Slavery — Markus Wiener Publishers

Subject: History of Slavery

One Frenchman, Four Revolutions: General Ferrand and the Peoples of the Caribbean
	Picó, Fernando Subject: Caribbean	This book is about the world in which the French general Marie-Louis Ferrand thrived and in which he ultimately lost his life. He can be seen as an overarching link between the four revolutions from 1775 to 1825 through which … More Information

Removing a Badge of Slavery: The Record of Brown v. Board of Education
	Whitman, Mark, editor Subject: U.S. History	This compelling collection lets the reader come to grips with the fascinating record of a case in which facts have made a more thrilling story than fiction. The suit involved civil rights giants Thurgood Marshall and the leaders of the … More Information

Shaihu Umar: A Novel About Slavery in Africa
	Balewa, Sir Abubakar Tafawa, Alhaji (edited by Beverly Mack; translated by Mervyn Hiskett) Subject: Africa, World Literature, History of Slavery	Northern Nigeria, just before the turn of the century: a time of unrest and civil war, when the trans-Saharan slave trade still flourished. Against this turbulent backdrop is set the story of the Hausa, a black African people who practice … More Information

Slave Revolts in Puerto Rico: Conspiracies and Uprisings, 1795-1873
	Baralt, Guillermo A. Subject: Caribbean	Winner of the Puerto Rico PEN Club Award From the emergence of the first sugar plantations up until 1873, when slavery was abolished, the wealth amassed by many landowners in Puerto Rico derived mainly from the exploitation … More Information

Slavery in the Islamic Middle East
	Marmon, Shaun E., editor Subject: Middle East, Religion	Slavery, recognized and regulated by Islamic law, was an integral part of Muslim societies in the Middle East well into modern times. Recruited from the “Abode of War” by means of trade or warfare, slaves began their lives in the … More Information

Slavery on the Frontiers of Islam
	Lovejoy, Paul E., editor Subject: Africa, Middle East, Religion,History of Slavery,Latin America	This collection of essays offers a new paradigm, in which the trans-Saharan and trans-Atlantic worlds of slavery are brought into focus under the same lens. While slave studies have considered either trans-Atlantic or Islamic slavery, rarely has any study combined … More Information

The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam
	Hunwick, John and Eve Troutt Powell, editors Subject: Africa, Middle East, History of Slavery	For every gallon of ink that has been spilt on the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its consequences, only one very small drop has been spent on the study of the forced migration of black Africans into the Mediterranean world of … More Information

The African Experience in Spanish America
	Rout, Leslie, Jr. Subject: Africa, Latin America, History of Slavery	This pioneering book, a founding text of African diaspora studies, continues to hold a prominent place in any bibliography of its field and remains the only general history on the people of African descent in the Spanish-speaking nations of … More Information

The Bamana Empire by the Niger: Kingdom, Jihad, and Colonization, 1712-1920
	Djata, Sundiata A. K. Subject: Africa	The powerful Bamana state emerged in 1712 and centered around the Middle Niger, where most inhabitants were Bamanas with their own language and religion. It was a sophisticated society with nobles, casted groups, and slaves. The Bamanas built an empire … More Information

The Golden Trade of the Moors: West African Kingdoms in the Fourteenth Century
	Bovill, E. W. Subject: Africa, World History	“This book is the liveliest account of African history ever written, covering over [one] thousand years of trans-Saharan trade. “Finely written and researched. … This edition will no doubt whet the appetites of a fresh generation of scholars and students … More Information