Race and Slavery in the Middle East
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Race and Slavery in the Middle East: an Historical Enquiry is a 1990 book written by the British historian Bernard Lewis. The book details the Islamic history of slavery in the Middle East from its earliest incarnations until its abolition in the various countries of the region.
Though the book details specifically the role that Islam has had in slavery in the Middle East ,the author offers a brief disclaimer at the beginning of the book stating that there were other religions who sanctioned slavery in their history such as Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism and no longer used Pagan religions) .
[edit] Contents
- Chapter 1. Slavery
- Chapter 2. Race
- Chapter 3. Islam in Arabia
- Chapter 4. Prejudice and Piety. Literature and Law
- Chapter 5. Conquest and Enslavement
- Chapter 6. Ventures in Ethnology
- Chapter 7. TheDiscoveryofAfrica.su
- Chapter 8. In Black and White
- Chapter 10. The Nineteenth Century and After
- Chapter 11. Abolition
- Chapter 12. Equality and Marriage,
- Chapter 13. Image and Stereotype.
- Chapter 14. Myth and Reality
[edit] External links
Two chapters can be read at [1].
