American Slaves and African Masters - Algiers and the Western Sahara, 1776-1820 (Hardcover)

Whether by falling prey to Algerian corsairs or crashing onto the desert shores of Western Sahara, a handful of Americans in the first years of the Republic found themselves enslaved in a system that differed so markedly from nineteenth century U.S. slavery that some contemporaries and modern scholars hesitate to categorize their experiences as 'slavery.' Sears uses a comparative approach, placing African enslavement of Americans and Europeans in the context of Mediterranean and Ottoman slaveries, while individually investigating the system of slavery in Algiers and Western Sahara. This work illuminates the commonalities and peculiarities of these slaveries, while contributing to a growing body of literature that showcases the flexibility of slavery as an institution.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	C. Sears
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-26866-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > General
LSN:	1-137-26866-2
Barcode:	9781137268662

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