Islam's Black Slaves: The Other Black Diaspora

Islam's Black Slaves: The Other Black Diaspora - Paperback

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Islam's Black Slaves: The Other Black Diaspora - Paperback

Islam's Black Slaves: The Other Black Diaspora - Paperback

by Ronald Segal
$23.76
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by Ronald Segal (Author)

A comprehensive study of the Eastern slave trade by an eminent British scholar

A companion volume to The Black Diaspora, this groundbreaking work tells the fascinating and horrifying story of the Islamic slave trade. Islam's Black Slaves documents a centuries-old institution that still survives, and traces the business of slavery and its repercussions from Islam's inception in the seventh century, through its history in China, India, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Libya, and Spain, and on to Sudan and Mauritania, where, even today, slaves continue to be sold.

Ronald Segal reveals for the first time the numbers involved in this trade--as many millions as were transported to the Americas--and explores the differences between the traffic in the East and the West.

Islam's Black Slaves also examines the continued denial of the very existence of this sector of the black diaspora, although it survives today in significant numbers; and in an illuminating conclusion, Segal addresses the appeal of Islam to African-American communities, and the perplexing refusal of Black Muslim leaders to acknowledge black slavery and oppression in present-day Mauritania and Sudan.

A fitting companion to Segal's previous work, Islam's Black Slaves is a fascinating account of an often unacknowledged tradition, and a riveting cross-cultural commentary.

Author Biography

South African-born Ronald Segal is the founding editor of the Penguin African Library, and the author of fourteen books, including The Crisis of India, The Race War, The Americans and The Black Diaspora.

Number of Pages: 273
Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: October 05, 2006
ISBN9780374527976
Author Ronald Segal
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
GenreHistory
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2006
LanguageENG- English
Pages273
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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