Lovejoy, Paul E.

Transformations in slavery : a history of slavery in Africa by Paul E Lovejoy( Book )

64 editions published between 1983 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 2,821 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This history of slavery in Africa from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context." "Professor Lovejoy discusses the medieval Islamic slave trade and the Atlantic trade as well as the process of enslavement and the marketing of slaves. He considers the impact of European abolition and assesses slavery's role in African history." "The book corrects the accepted interpretation that African slavery was mild and resulted in the slaves' assimilation. Instead, slaves were used extensively in production, although the exploitation methods and the relationships to world markets differed from those in the Americas. Nevertheless, slavery in Africa, like slavery in the Americas, developed from its position on the periphery of capitalist Europe."--Jacket

Hugh Clapperton into the interior of Africa : records of the second expedition, 1825-1827 by Hugh Clapperton( )

12 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 1,643 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Hugh Clapperton, Scottish explorer and diplomat, made two expeditions into the interior of West Africa, the first across the Sahara Desert and the second inland from the Bight of Benin. His first expedition in 1822-24, crossed the Sahara to Borno. A second expedition, also an official mission of the British Government, was undertaken in 1825-27 and is the subject of this volume. Clapperton's diaries have been transcribed and reproduced in a form as close as possible to the original raw material."--Jacket

Identity in the shadow of slavery by Paul E Lovejoy( )

27 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in English and held by 977 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Addresses issues relating to the gender, ethnic and cultural factors through which enslaved Africans and their descendents interpreted their lives under slavery, thereby creating communities with a shared sense of identity. The focus of the book is on the ways in which identities were formulated under slavery and the ways in which the struggle to escape slavery and its legacy continued to affect the lives of descendents of slaves. The introductory essay explores an approach to the study of the African diaspora that looks outward from Africa and places the following chapters, written by leading

Jihād in West Africa during the Age of Revolutions by Paul E Lovejoy( )

13 editions published in 2016 in English and held by 865 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"In Jihād in West Africa during the Age of Revolutions, Paul E. Lovejoy argues that scholars have not given Africa its due consideration as part of either the Atlantic world or the age of revolutions, which is commonly associated with the erosion of European imperialist powers from the 1770s through the 1840s. At the same time, Lovejoy reconceptualizes slavery, showing that during the decades in question, it expanded extensively not only in the United States and Latin America but also in West Africa. Lovejoy provides unprecedented context for the political and cultural role of Islam in Africa from the eighteenth century into the present. Understanding that there is a long tradition of jih̄ad in West Africa, he argues, helps correct the current distortion in understanding the contemporary jihād movement in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Africa."--Page 4 of cover

Slow death for slavery : the course of abolition in Northern Nigeria, 1897-1936 by Paul E Lovejoy( Book )

20 editions published between 1993 and 2011 in English and held by 625 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Consuming habits : drugs in history and anthropology by Jordan Goodman( Book )

20 editions published between 1995 and 2006 in English and Italian and held by 557 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This pioneering collection of original essays explores the rich analytical category of psycho- active substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives

The biography of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua : his passage from slavery to freedom in Africa and America by Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua( Book )

14 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in English and held by 476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is the biography of an American slave who was born in Africa. His adventures took him to Rio de Janeiro, New York, Boston, Canada, and Britain; he knew Arabic, Dendi, probably Hausa, Portuguese, English, and French. In recent times scholars raised the doubt that such biographies of slaves born in Africa were only partially true; so, Law and Lovejoy traveled to Djougou and Brazil and followed the traces of Baquaqua via various collections, documents, oral history and written reports. They photographed the sites described by Baquaqua and included them in the book. They have also added several letters and other documents to the 1854 original edition.Baquaqua was enslaved in northern Benin in the early 1840s when he was about 20. At the time he was a bodyguard for the ruler of a subordinate town. He was abducted, taken south through Togo to Ouidah, a port in Dahomey, shipped to Pernambuco in Brazil, and sold to a merchant from Rio. This merchant then sold him to another Rio merchant, who took him by ship to New York City, where a little-known black group, the New York Vigilance Society, convinced him to jump ship. He escaped to Boston and traveled to Haiti, the only free Black state, where he was picked up by the Free Baptist Mission. Here Baquaqua converted to Christianity. He later returned to the U.S. and attended college, and traveled extensively.--Publisher website

The Ideology of slavery in Africa by Paul E Lovejoy( Book )

16 editions published between 1981 and 1996 in English and held by 421 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Busha's mistress, or, Catherine the fugitive : a stirring romance of the days of slavery in Jamaica by Cyrus Francis Perkins( )

12 editions published between 2000 and 2005 in English and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A novel of life on a Jamaican plantation in the mid-1800s during the time of transition from slavery to emancipation

Consuming habits : global and historical perspectives on how cultures define drugs by Jordan Goodman( Book )

12 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 378 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Psychoactive substances have been central to the formation of civilizations and the growth of the world economy. This collection of original essays explores the rich analytical category of psychoactive substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives