The topic at hand is to look at the issues in slavery but not through the antebellum south of the United States but the great cities in the Middle East and Europe when Islam was at its golden age. The majority of the slavery produced had to deal with the trade of women slaves and to an extent the history of women slaves in the Middle East. The school of thought of women history is essential to this paper as the reader will witness a distinct look into treatment, purpose and importance of women slaves in Muslim communities. Along with women, another school of thought clearly presents an economic issue that went along with slavery; the trade of it and what went along into obtain them for commercial use. There is also another type of school of
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This source gives the reader a better but concise look into the rise of Islam. It goes into the history while give valid and important events. As far slavery it does show some examples and reasons as how it was beneficial and the role slaves served. It also gives the reader a look into how these slaves were treated and their purpose. This book explores more into the situation happening during the 1900s while the books written in the 20th century are more informative of the long past rather them events occurring in the last 100, 200 years. Islam: Origins, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Persons, Sacred Places. by Matthew Gordon shows the ethical side of slavery within the Middle East. The author focuses a chapter into the treatment and wellbeing of slaves within Islam. It is mostly informative though but the author wishes to educate more people through this book. He also focuses majorly on the traditional factors of Islam as well as the culture. It is similar to what authors write in the 20th century but it has a greater reach into the ethical dilemmas and explores bigger question then simply informative. White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slave by Giles Milton is more of a novel type of story but it serves as an account on slavery by Islam through the eyes of the slaves, this source has valuable …show more content…
This book focuses on the major periods in Islam an through those periods the subject of slavery comes up more than once, it shows a constant form of slavery is practiced but sadly the author notes on how it shows and the continuity of it even after slavery is abolished in the west. Eight centuries ago, Arab Berber tribes from the north raided the villages of my ancestors, killing the men, and taking the women and children captive. We became "haratine," Black Muslim slaves, who had to serve our white Arab masters, the "Bedyanes." These raids inaugurated a system of slavery in the twelfth century that continues uninterrupted today. This account of the discussion from Teyeb is on the slavery of African 8th centuries ago and how it still exists today. It goes along with Africa and the slave trade that shipped slaves into the Middle East. It focuses on slavery with a distinct negative aspect, this account is not for information to the public but rather a direct attack against the vile institute of slavery and how it still operates during the 1900s. They also pose hypothetical questions as to what should be done to end slavery. African Religion Meets Islam: Religious Change in Northern Nigeria by Dean Gilliland is another source that deals with the African side to slavery. This book
This source gives the reader a better but concise look into the rise of Islam. It goes into the history while give valid and important events. As far slavery it does show some examples and reasons as how it was beneficial and the role slaves served. It also gives the reader a look into how these slaves were treated and their purpose. This book explores more into the situation happening during the 1900s while the books written in the 20th century are more informative of the long past rather them events occurring in the last 100, 200 years. Islam: Origins, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Persons, Sacred Places. by Matthew Gordon shows the ethical side of slavery within the Middle East. The author focuses a chapter into the treatment and wellbeing of slaves within Islam. It is mostly informative though but the author wishes to educate more people through this book. He also focuses majorly on the traditional factors of Islam as well as the culture. It is similar to what authors write in the 20th century but it has a greater reach into the ethical dilemmas and explores bigger question then simply informative. White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slave by Giles Milton is more of a novel type of story but it serves as an account on slavery by Islam through the eyes of the slaves, this source has valuable …show more content…
This book focuses on the major periods in Islam an through those periods the subject of slavery comes up more than once, it shows a constant form of slavery is practiced but sadly the author notes on how it shows and the continuity of it even after slavery is abolished in the west. Eight centuries ago, Arab Berber tribes from the north raided the villages of my ancestors, killing the men, and taking the women and children captive. We became "haratine," Black Muslim slaves, who had to serve our white Arab masters, the "Bedyanes." These raids inaugurated a system of slavery in the twelfth century that continues uninterrupted today. This account of the discussion from Teyeb is on the slavery of African 8th centuries ago and how it still exists today. It goes along with Africa and the slave trade that shipped slaves into the Middle East. It focuses on slavery with a distinct negative aspect, this account is not for information to the public but rather a direct attack against the vile institute of slavery and how it still operates during the 1900s. They also pose hypothetical questions as to what should be done to end slavery. African Religion Meets Islam: Religious Change in Northern Nigeria by Dean Gilliland is another source that deals with the African side to slavery. This book