Author(s): Gwyn Campbell
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 256
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction: Slavery and other forms of Unfree Labour in the Indian Ocean World......Page 8
The Academic Debate......Page 33
Slavery and Unfree Labour in the Indian Ocean World......Page 35
The Politics of Defining Slavery......Page 40
The Need for a Definition of Slavery......Page 42
NOTES......Page 45
Indian Merchants and Slave Ownership in Mozambique......Page 48
The Mozambique Slave-Trade and Slave Exports to Portuguese India......Page 50
Numbers, Sex Ratios and Prices......Page 56
Conclusion......Page 57
NOTES......Page 58
The Mascarene Slave-Trade and Labour Migration in the Indian Ocean during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries......Page 66
The Mascarene Slave-Trade to 1848......Page 67
The Mascarene Slave-Trade and the Wider Indian Ocean World......Page 73
Conclusion......Page 77
NOTES......Page 78
Introduction......Page 84
Runaways and petit marronage......Page 85
Grand marronage and Maroon Societies......Page 91
NOTES......Page 96
Violent Capture of People for Exchange on Karen-Tai borders in the 1830s......Page 102
Social Identities of some of the Principal Actors......Page 104
Slave Raiders, Traders and their Victims......Page 106
Slave Raiding and Warfare......Page 107
Quantitative Significance of the Slave-Trade......Page 108
Concluding Comments......Page 109
NOTES......Page 112
Introduction......Page 115
The Demand for Slaves......Page 116
Slavery, Serfdom and Debt Bondage......Page 119
The Supply of Slaves......Page 120
A Proposed ‘Unified Field Theory’......Page 121
The Demographics of Slavery......Page 122
NOTES......Page 124
Javanese Labourers Overseas......Page 128
Romusha Mobilization within Java......Page 131
Mining Operations......Page 132
Provision of Food and Clothing......Page 134
Work Conditions......Page 135
Concluding Remarks......Page 138
NOTES......Page 139
Introduction......Page 142
Slavery in the Sulu Sultanate......Page 143
Manumission, Ransom or Escape......Page 149
Conclusion......Page 153
NOTES......Page 154
Slavery and Colonial Representations in Indochina from the Second Half of the Nineteenth to the Early Twentieth Century......Page 160
The Victims of Slavery......Page 161
The Slave-trade......Page 164
Slave Functions and Conditions......Page 165
Colonial Propaganda: Representations and Repercussions......Page 167
The Impact of Explorer Accounts......Page 169
NOTES......Page 170
Introduction......Page 174
Origins of Slavery......Page 175
The Structure of Slavery......Page 176
Official Slavery......Page 177
Private Slavery......Page 178
Conclusion......Page 180
NOTES......Page 181
Introduction......Page 185
The Mode of Existence of Nobis: Slave or Serf?......Page 186
The Disintegration of the Nobi System during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries......Page 189
Sources of Supply......Page 193
Epilogue: The Final Collapse of the Nobi System......Page 194
NOTES......Page 195
A Theme in Variations: A Historical Schema1 of Slaving in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean Regions......Page 198
Indian Ocean Region......Page 200
Europe......Page 205
The Americas......Page 208
Africa......Page 212
In Lieu of Conclusions: The Atlantic Paradigm in Asian (and African) Perspective......Page 216
NOTES......Page 218
Map......Page 222
Notes on Contributors......Page 224
Index......Page 228
