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Slavery and the slave trade in Dār Fūr
Journal of African history • 14 (1) • Published In 1973 • Pages: 29-43
By: O'Fahey, R. S. (Rex S.).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
For several centuries the Fur were governed by hereditary sultans who relied on a large bureaucracy consisting of provincial rulers, title-holder officials, warriors, and enslaved workers. This is a study of the roles played by slaves both as both laborers and politico-military functionaries in the Sultan’s executive household. Also discussed is how successive sultans levied taxes on the exchange of slaves or sold them directly in the export market.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Historical reconstruction
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Executive household
- Slavery
- Instigation of war
- Recruitment and training
- Administrative agencies
- Status, role, and prestige
- Labor supply and employment
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Taxation and public income
- External trade
- Political intrigue
- Life history materials
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fur
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Teferi Abate Adem
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1750-1874
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Darfur region, Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- By R. S. O'Fahey
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63005723
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Darfur (Sudan)