Slavery and Abolition in the Ottoman Middle East by Ehud R. Toledano

Slavery and Abolition in the Ottoman Middle East

Ehud R. Toledano

204 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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In the Ottoman Empire, many members of the ruling elite were legally slaves of the sultan and therefore could, technically, be ordered to surrender their labor, their property, or their lives at any moment. Nevertheless, slavery provided a means o...

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