Slow Death for Slavery: The Course of Abolition in Northern Nigeria 1897â 1936 (African Studies, Series Number 76)

Lovejoy, Paul E.; Hogendorn, Jan S.

ISBN 10: 052144702X / ISBN 13: 9780521447027

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1993

About this Item

[Interesting provenance: From the private library of renowned historian, Philip D. Morgan.] Softcover. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Clean, unmarked pages. From the professional library of Dr. Philip D. Morgan, a professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. Morgan specializes in the African-American experience, the history of slavery, the early Caribbean, and the study of the early Atlantic world. Morgan is the author of more than 14 books on Colonial America and African American history. He has won both the Bancroft Prize and the Frederick Douglass Prize for his book Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry (1998).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Slow Death for Slavery: The Course of Abolition in Northern Nigeria 1897â 1936 (African Studies, Series Number 76)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052144702X
• ISBN 13: 9780521447027
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 21 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • African History

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Synopsis

This book examines the gradual decline of slavery in Northern Nigeria during the first forty years of colonial rule. At the time of the British conquest, the Sokoto Caliphate was one of the largest slave societies in modern history. The authors have written a thoughtful and provocative book which raises doubts over the moral legitimacy of both the Sokoto Caliphate and the colonial state. They chart the development of British colonial policy towards resolving the dilemma of slavery and how to end it.

Review

'Ending slavery in a Muslim society as large and complex as northern Nigeria was not the simple event it is often assumed to be, but a contentious, often devious process that took over thirty years to complete. In this pioneering study Professors Lovejoy and Hogendorn dissect that process in great detail. They reveal, as never before, the debates and subtle shifts in implementing colonial policies on slavery, and in doing so illuminate as well a crucial, yet still hidden aspect of Nigerian social history. It is thus a work of real importance, one that alters our understanding of early twentieth-century Nigeria and shows how much we need a series of further such detailed studies, both locally and for elsewhere in Africa.' Murray Last, editor of Africa