HIS102Y1 Chapter Notes -Authoritarianism, Leat, Prazo
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Making the chikunda: military slavery and ethnicity in southern africa, 1750-1990. By allen isaacman and derek peterson this article explores how military slaves in portuguese-run estates along the. Slave soldiers became chikunda in order to dignify their lives of danger and to differentiate themselves from peasants. Their shared sense of consciousness grew out of their shared political and economic position and was idealized in their dress, their language, and their unifying rituals and traditions. Competing markets for male and female slaves: prices in the interior of west africa, By paul e. lovejoy and david richardson this paper attempts to pull together data on slaves prices between 1780-1850 on the interior of west africa and to interpret their patterns. Interior states of west africa much demand centered on females. More akin to prices of the trans-saharan than atlantic: female slaves cost more than male slaves.
