Reprint. Originally published: London, England ; Frank Cass, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:-The economics of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea Slave trades in the 19th century / William G. Clarence-Smith -- The 19th centurry Islamic slave trade from East Africa (Swahili and Red Sea Coasts) : a tentative census / Ralph A. Austen-- The Black slaves of Turkish Arabia during the 19th century / Albertine Jwaideh and J.W. Cox -- Slaves and slave traders in the Persian Gulf, 18th and 19th centuries / Thomas M. Ricks -- The Nile Valley system and Red Sea slave trade 1820-1880 / Janet J. Ewald -- Ethiopian slave exports at Matamma, Massawa and Tajura, c. 1830-1885 / Abdussamad H. Ahmad -- Slavery and the slave trade in southern Ethiopia in the 19th century / Timothy Fernyhough -- Localisation and social composition of the East African slave trade, 1858-1873 / A. Sheriff -- The structures of the slave trade in Central Africa in the 19th century / François Renault -- Madagascar and Mozambique in the slave trade of the Western Indian Ocean 1800-1861 / Gwyn Campbell -- Covert slaves and coveted coolies in the early 19th century Mascareignes / Marina Carter and Hubert Gerbeau -- The last years of the slave trade to the Cape Colony / Robert Ross.