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 ...
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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.
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New. 0333754778. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED--Jacket has a couple of nicks and folds else fine, perfectly clean.192 pages--TABLE OF CONTENTS: Map * Note on Transcriptions * Glossary * Chronology * Preface * Introduction * Ch. 1 Slaves in Society 1 * Ch. 2 Daily Life 11 * Ch. 3 Family and Sexuality 31 * Ch. 4 Escape 43 * Ch. 5 Emancipation 53 * Ch. 6 Kidnapping 67 * Ch. 7 Enslavement 79 * Ch. 8 Slaves of the Makhzen 91 * Ch. 9 Abolition 107 * Abbreviations 125 * Notes 127 * Bibliography 157 * Index 165. --DESCRIPTION: --Serving the Master uses a unique wealth of hitherto unstudied sources to paint a practical, compelling picture of the experiences of slaves in nineteenth-century Morocco. Mohammed Ennaji brings to life a rich 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. --with a bonus offer--
