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1. Islamic legal culture and slave-ownership contests in nineteenth-century Sahara

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Lydon, Ghislaine

Subjects
Sahara -- Social aspects, Slavery -- Social aspects, Slavery -- History, Slavery -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, History, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

The article analyzes nineteenth-century legal debates over the possession of enslaved Africans to shed light on the determinants of Saharan women slavery, with respect to various case studies. The case studies represent acts of violence from negotiations over the abuse by an enslaved woman.

Published
2007

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