In this volume Lovejoy has collected original contributions that discuss the ideology of slavery in several regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Three basic ideologies are considered: one based on Islam, another based on kinship structures, and a third, an abolitionist ideology, based largely on Christianity. The authors show how ideology justified slavery, obscuring its role in the system of production, and the part coercion played in its maintenance.′It gives cause to re-examine many past assumptions and should stimulate more sophisticated analyses in the future.′ -- Canadian Journal of Development Studies
- ISBN10 0803916655
- ISBN13 9780803916654
- Publish Date 24 November 1981
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 February 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 307
- Language English