`A masterful survey based on Ottoman and European sources, this book is a major contribution to the comparative study of slavery. Erdem explores the distinguishing feature of the Ottoman institution of slavery, most interestingly from the perspective of the slaves themselves. One of the book's chief
Slavery in the Ottoman Empire and its Demise 1800β1909
β Scribed by Y Hakan Erdem (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 252
- Series
- St Antonyβs Series
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Employment of Slaves in the Classical Ottoman Empire....Pages 1-17
Traditional Ottoman Policies towards Slavery before the Tanzimat....Pages 18-42
Means of Enslavement and Slave Acquisition in the Late Ottoman Empire: Continuation of Ottoman Slavery after 1839....Pages 43-66
British Policy and Ottoman Slavery....Pages 67-93
Ottoman Policy during the Tanzimat Period, 1846β76....Pages 94-124
Ottoman Policy during the Reign of AbdΓΌlhamid II and the Advent of the Young Turks, 1876β1909....Pages 125-151
The Emancipation and Care of Slaves in the Late Ottoman Empire....Pages 152-184
Conclusion....Pages 185-188
Back Matter....Pages 189-229
β¦ Subjects
European History; Modern History; Social History
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