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Title:Slavery and the colonial State in German South West Africa 1880s to 1918
Author:Zollmann, JakobISNI
Year:2010
Periodical:Journal of Namibian Studies (ISSN 1863-5954)
Issue:7
Pages:85-118
Language:English
Geographic terms:Namibia
Angola
Germany
Portugal
Subjects:slavery
slave trade
colonial administration
colonial policy
Abstract:A considerable trade in slaves took place along the Portuguese-German colonial border (between Angola and Namibia), as the German colonial administrators learnt after some years. Their means and willingness to act against the slave hunters and traders were limited at best, especially since the definition of slavery to be applied to the African realities on the ground was uncertain. It was, therefore, more practical to remain in the position of bystander, demanding that the neighbouring Portuguese colonial officials intervene and abolish slavery. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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