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Pawnship in Africa: Debt Bondage in Historical Perspective (African Modernization and Development Series)
Pawnship in Africa Debt Bondage in Historical Perspective - African Modernization and Development Series
Author: Toyin Falola
The labour of pawns - freeborn women, men and children indentured in payment of interest on a debt - was an important supplement to that of slaves in the pre-colonial and colonial eras. This book examines the origins of pawnship; the economic factors that contributed to its spread; the ideological and institutional framework that supported pawns...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780813384573
ISBN-10: 0813384575
Pages: 200
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Publisher: Westview Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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