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Synopsis
Everyone has heard of the Atlantic Trade, in which millions of Africans were transported to the Americas by Europeans to work as slaves. However, there is another slave trade, previously neglected by historians, which matches the European one in scale and massively exceeds it in duration.
Islam's Black Slaves tells the horrifying story of the Islamic slave trade. It traces the business of slavery from Islam's inception in the seventh century, through to today, where in Sudan and Mauritania, Africans continue to be bought and sold. The book also examines why the existence of this other black diaspora has been denied for so long. It is a highly original account of a previously untold story.
'Well weighed and well judged... Ronald Segal has turned his attention in Islam's Black Slaves to the even larger subject of slavery and slave-trading in eastern latitudes with his usual competence, careful judgment and a shrewd accuracy.' Basil Davidson, Los Angeles Times
'A very shocking secret history' The Times
'An excellent book...[Ronald Segal] steers through potential controversy with his customary weapons of irony and commitment... Segal emerges courageously and triumphantly.' Richard Gott, Literary Review
'A meticulously researched book.' Mary Russell, Irish Times
'An effective, accessible synthesis about the slavery of the Islamic world - which, compared to American slavery, has been much neglected...Immensely useful.' Stephen Howe, New Statesman
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Ronald Segal was born in South Africa and is the former publisher of Africa South. He left his country with ANC leader Oliver Tambo in 1960 for political exile in England, where he has remained ever since. The founding editor of the Penguin African Library, he is the author of 13 books, including most recently, The Black Diaspora.
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Nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2002, this was the first trade book to show how Islam sold millions of Africans into slavery.
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- PublisherAtlantic Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1903809819
- ISBN 13 9781903809815
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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