Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Maps vii
4. 1. Introduction: Indian Ocean Slavery in the Age of Abolition 1
5. Part I. The Indian Ocean World in the Nineteenth Century
6. 2. Servitude and the Changing Face of the Demand for Labor in the Indian Ocean World, c. 1800–1900 23
7. 3. On Becoming A British Lake: Piracy, Slaving, and British Imperialism in the Indian Ocean During the First Half of the Nineteenth Century 45
8. Part II. Slavery, Abolition, And Islamic Law
9. 4. Straight, No Chaser: Slavery, Abolition, and Modern Islamic Thought 61
10. 5. Islamic Abolitionism in the Western Indian Ocean From c. 1800 81
11. Part III. Fighting the Maritime Slave Trade
12. 6. “The Flag That Sets Us Free”: Antislavery, Africans, and the Royal Navy in the Western Indian Ocean 101
13. 7. “If You Catch Me Again At It, Put Me to Death”: Slave Trading, Paper Trails, and British Bureaucracy in the Indian Ocean 120
14. Part IV. Economic and Social Mobility of Slaves
15. 8. Social Mobility in Indian Ocean Slavery: The Strange Career of Sultan bin Aman 143
16. 9. Deeds of Freed Slaves: Manumission and Economic and Social Mobility in Pre-Abolition Zanzibar 160
17. Part V. The Changing Face of Slavery
18. 10. Slave Trading, Abolitionism, and “New Systems of Slavery” in the Nineteenth-Century Indian Ocean World 183
19. 11. African Bondsmen, Freedmen, and the Maritime Proletariats of the Northwestern Indian Ocean World, c. 1500–1900 200
20. 12. Slaves of One Master: Globalization and the African Diaspora in Arabia in the Age of Empire 223
21. List of Contributors 241
22. Index 243