Race and slavery in the Sokoto caliphate -- The roots of Sokoto caliphate plantations -- The course of plantation development -- The types, structures, and characteristics of plantations -- Observations on slave origins, slave resistance, and labor control -- The significance of plantations -- Plantations in the New World and in coastal East Africa compared
Summary
A work of synthesis on plantation slavery in nineteenth century Sokoto caliphate, engaging with major debates on internal African slavery, on the meaning of the term ""plantation, "" and on comparative slavery
