Children of Ham: "Freed Slaves and Fugitive Slaves on the Kenya Coast, 1873 to 1907"

by Fred Morton

Overview

Children of Ham: Freed Slaves and Fugitives Slaves on the Kenya Coast,I 873 to 1907 is a chronological account of the repeated bids for freedom made by slaves and ex-slaves on the Kenya coast and of the obstacles placed in their way by the British, the Busaidi Arabs, and the peoples of the coast. Efforts to escape slavery are as old as slavery itself on the Kenya coast, but the principal story begins in 1873, when Britain pressured the sultan of Zanzibar to abolish the ocean-going slave trade. Thereafter, political and military conflict intensified on the coast, while opportunities for slaves to escape increased accordingly. This period, ending roughly with the abolition of the legal status of slavery in 1907, corresponds to the imperial scramble from its earliest stages to the effective establishment of European rule.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367015701
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/28/2020
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction — Slavery and Escape — Watoro — The Freed Slaves of Frere Town — Missionaries and Fugitive Slaves — Rabai and William Jones — The Imperial British East Africa Company — The East Africa Protectorate — After Slavery — Conclusion — Appendix