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Montana, Ismael Musah.

The abolition of slavery in Ottoman Tunisia [electronic resource] / Ismael M. Montana ; foreword by Ehud R. Toledano. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013. - 1 online resource (208 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The slave trade from the Ottoman period -- Reforms and foreign trade, 1759-1814 -- Changing patterns of the slave trade, 1759-1814 -- The slave trade during European domination of the Mediterranean, 1815-1841 -- The road to abolition -- Final abolition, 1846 -- The aftermath of abolition, 1846-1855 -- Epilogue.

The first full examination of the factors for and against abolition in Tunisia and how it was able to occur in an environment hostile to such change.

ISBN: 9780813048420

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Antislavery movements--History.--Tunisia
Human rights--History.--Tunisia
Slave trade--History.--Tunisia
Slavery--History.--Tunisia

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Tunisia--Economic conditions--19th century.
Tunisia--Economic conditions--18th century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HT1399.T8 / M66 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 306.3/6209611