Black Morocco A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam

Name: Black Morocco A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam
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ISBN: 9781107651777

ISBN-10: 1107651778

ISBN-13: 9781107651777

Edition: 2014

Authors: Chouki El Hamel

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Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam chronicles the experiences, identity and achievements of enslaved black people in Morocco from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. Chouki El Hamel argues that we cannot rely solely on Islamic ideology as the key to explain social relations and particularly the history of black slavery in the Muslim world, for this viewpoint yields an inaccurate historical record of the people, institutions and social practices of slavery in Northwest Africa. El Hamel focuses on black Moroccans' collective experience beginning with their enslavement to serve as the loyal army of the Sultan Isma'il. By the time the Sultan died…

Book details

Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/27/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 354
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Chouki El Hamel is Associate Professor in History at Arizona State University.