Slavery and Post Slavery in the Indian Ocean World

Alessandro Stanziani (1)

1 CRH (UMR 8558 CNRS / EHESS) - Centre de Recherches Historiques (CRH) _ Unité Mixte de Recherches (UMR 8558 CNRS / EHESS)

(150-300 words). Unlike the Atlantic, slavery and slave trade in the Indian Ocean lasted over a very long term-since the 8 th century at least down to our days-involved many actors which cannot be resumed to the tensions between the "West and the rest". Multiple forms of bondage, debt dependence, and slavery persisted and coexisted. This chapter follows the emergence and evolution of slavery and forms of bondage in the Indian Ocean World in pre-colonial, then colonial and post-colonial time. Routes, social origins, labor and other activities, and forms of emancipation will be detailed. 3

Mots clés: (5-10) Debt bondage; servitude; caste; legal statute; domestic slavery; women; children; recruitment; abolitionism; indentured labor; runaways

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Alessandro Stanziani. Slavery and Post Slavery in the Indian Ocean World. 2020. ⟨hal-02556369⟩