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Possessed by the right hand : the problem of slavery in Islamic law and Muslim cultures

Title: Possessed by the right hand : the problem of slavery in Islamic law and Muslim cultures / by Bernard K. Freamon.
Author: Freamon, Bernard K., 1947-
Publication: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

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Description

xv, 570 pages : illlustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm.

Summary

In 'Possessed by the Right Hand', the first comprehensive legal history of slavery in Islam ever offered to readers, Bernard K. Freamon, an African-American Muslim law professor, provides a penetrating analysis of the problems of slavery and slave-trading in Islamic history. After examining the issues from pre-Islamic times through to the nineteenth century, Professor Freamon considers the impact of Western abolitionism, arguing that such efforts have been a failure, with the notion of abolition becoming nothing more than a cruel illusion. He closes this ground-breaking account with an examination of the slaving ideologies and actions of ISIS and Boko Haram, asserting that Muslims now have an important and urgent responsibility to achieve true abolition under the aegis of Islamic law.

Series Statement

Studies in global slavery, 2405-4585 ; volume 8

Uniform Title

Studies in global slavery ; v. 8.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-559) and index.

Contents

Slavery, slave trading, and the law in pre-Islamic Middle East -- Slavery and slave trading in early Islam -- Slavery and empire in the medieval and early modern Islamic worlds -- The "Mamluk/Ghulam Phenomenon" : slave sultans, soldiers, eunuchs, and concubines -- Plural imperialisms and multiple diasporas -- A taxonomy of slavery and slave trading in Muslim cultures -- The rise and impact of abolitionism -- A tale of three sovereigns : the Shah, the Khedive, and the Sultan -- The illusion of abolition -- The reemergence of slavery and slave trading in the Muslim world.

Call Number

Sc E 21-506

ISBN

9789004364813
9004364811
9789004398795 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019010128

OCLC

1085698779

Author

Freamon, Bernard K., 1947-

Title

Possessed by the right hand : the problem of slavery in Islamic law and Muslim cultures / by Bernard K. Freamon.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in global slavery, 2405-4585 ; volume 8

Studies in global slavery ; v. 8.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-559) and index.

Local Subject

Black author.

Other Form:

Online version: Freamon, Bernard K., 1947- Possessed by the right hand Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] 9789004398795 (DLC) 2019022234 (OCoLC)1096224401

Research Call Number

Sc E 21-506

JFE 20-3370

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