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Moses, Muhammad and their laws in transatlantic slave history : from West African captivity to the American cotton kingdom, 1440-1830 /

This book engages the way Christian, Jewish, Muslim and secular-progressivist actors used Mosaic and Islamic law and ethics in relation to slavery in American, West African and transatlantic history from 1440 to 1830. It focuses on how various groups marshalled these religious-legal traditions to re...

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Main Author:	Weller, R. Charles, 1963- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2026.
Subjects:	Slavery > Religious aspects. Slavery > United States > History. Slavery > Africa, West > History. Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire. Esclavage > Afrique occidentale > Histoire. Slavery > Religious aspects Slavery > History. United States 1440-1830

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