Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Africa and Slavery 1
5. part I Slavery, Power, and Networks
6. Introduction 21
7. 1 Why Ruling in Africa Was Hard 25
8. 2 Atlantic Encounters and the Beginning of a New Era 37
9. 3 East Africa, the Swahili Coast, and the Prazeros 45
10. 4 Islamic Interventions from the Sahara to the Red Sea 49
11. 5 Atlantic Africa, the Slave Trade, and the Company-States 59
12. part II Atlantic Africa and the Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade
13. Introduction 75
14. 6 Dahomey: Epitome of the Slaving State? 83
15. 7 Segu: Destruction and Self-Destruction 95
16. 8 The Sokoto Caliphate 106
17. 9 Slaving States in Perspective 119
18. part III Power, Violence, and Slavery in Nineteenth-Century East Africa
19. Introduction 127
20. 10 Madagascar and the Merina Kingdom 133
21. 11 The Omanis, Zanzibar, and the Swahili Coast 148
22. 12 The Ethiopian Empire 161
23. 13 Violence, Disorder, and Slavery in East Africa 181
24. Conclusion 195
25. Notes 213
26. Bibliography 241
27. Index 261