Book contents
- Black Morocco
- Series page
- Black Morocco
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Book part
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Summary
- Introduction
- Part OneRace, Gender, and Slavery in the Islamic Discourse
- Part TwoBlack Morocco: The Internal African Diaspora
- 3The Trans-Saharan Diaspora
- 4“Racializing” Slavery
- 5The Black Army’s Functions and the Roles of Women
- 6The Political History of the Black Army
- 7The Abolition of Slavery in Morocco
- 8The Gnawa and the Memory of Slavery
- Conclusion
- AppendixThe complete translation of Mawlay Isma‘il’s Letter to Scholars of the al-Azhar Mosque
- Index
4 - “Racializing” Slavery
The Controversy of Mawlay Isma‘il’s Project
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2013
- Chouki El Hamel
- Affiliation:Arizona State University
- Black Morocco
- Series page
- Black Morocco
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Book part
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Summary
- Introduction
- Part OneRace, Gender, and Slavery in the Islamic Discourse
- Part TwoBlack Morocco: The Internal African Diaspora
- 3The Trans-Saharan Diaspora
- 4“Racializing” Slavery
- 5The Black Army’s Functions and the Roles of Women
- 6The Political History of the Black Army
- 7The Abolition of Slavery in Morocco
- 8The Gnawa and the Memory of Slavery
- Conclusion
- AppendixThe complete translation of Mawlay Isma‘il’s Letter to Scholars of the al-Azhar Mosque
- Index
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- Black MoroccoA History of Slavery, Race, and Islam, pp. 155 - 184Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012