Greenfield-Liebst, Michelle
Labour and Christianity in the Missions: African Workers in Tanganyika and Zanzibar, 1864-1926. Book
2021.
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Zammit, William
The Faith Triumphant: Muslim Converts to Catholicism and the Order of St John, 1530-1798 Book Chapter
In: Morton, Nicholas (Ed.): The Military Orders, Vol. VII: Piety, Pugnacity and Property, pp. 160-171, 2019.
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Greenfield-Liebst, Michelle
Sin, Slave Status and the City in Zanzibar, 1864-c.1930 Journal Article
In: African Studies Review, vol. 60, pp. 139-60, 2017.
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Štofaník, Jakub
Medzi krížom a kladivom [Between Cross and Hammer] Book
2017.
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Schiel, Juliane
Slaves’ Religious Choice in Renaissance Venice: Applying Insights from Missionary Narratives to Slave Baptism Records Journal Article
In: Archivio Veneto, iss. 146, pp. 23-45, 2015.
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Greenfield-Liebst, Michelle
African Workers and the Universities‘ Mission to Central Africa in Zanzibar, 1864–1900 Journal Article
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies, vol. 8, iss. 3, pp. 366-381, 2014.
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Spicksley, Judith
The decline of slavery for debt in Western Europe in the medieval period Book Chapter
In: Cavaciocchi, Simonetta (Ed.): Schiavitù e Servaggio nell’Economia Europea Secc. XI-XVIII [Serfdom and Slavery in the European Economy 11th–18th Centuries], pp. 465-86, 2013.
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2021
Greenfield-Liebst, Michelle
Labour and Christianity in the Missions: African Workers in Tanganyika and Zanzibar, 1864-1926. Book
2021.
Abstract | Tags: 19th century, 20th century, africa, christianity, religion, slavery, Tanganjika, Zanzibar
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year = {2021},
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abstract = {The findings expose how missionaries, as some of earliest examples of Europeans who tried to control African labour, supported and undermined certain livelihood trajectories. Despite the abolition of slavery in 1897 in Zanzibar and the fact that the UMCA was closely linked with the anti-slavery movement, ex-slaves continued to struggle with their social status.
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2019
Zammit, William
The Faith Triumphant: Muslim Converts to Catholicism and the Order of St John, 1530-1798 Book Chapter
In: Morton, Nicholas (Ed.): The Military Orders, Vol. VII: Piety, Pugnacity and Property, pp. 160-171, 2019.
Abstract | Tags: christianity, early modern history, malta, muslims, religion
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booktitle = {The Military Orders, Vol. VII: Piety, Pugnacity and Property},
pages = {160-171},
abstract = {A study upon the motivations and mechanisms of Muslim conversion to Catholicism in Hospitaller Malta. Both Muslim slaves but also free Muslims periodically opted for conversion in Malta. The paper provides statistical data of such conversions from untapped primary sources.
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2017
Greenfield-Liebst, Michelle
Sin, Slave Status and the City in Zanzibar, 1864-c.1930 Journal Article
In: African Studies Review, vol. 60, pp. 139-60, 2017.
Abstract | Tags: 19th century, 20th century, africa, christianity, slavery, Zanzibar
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year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
journal = {African Studies Review},
volume = {60},
pages = {139-60},
abstract = {Missionaries believed that being an ex-slave or descendant of ex-slave went hand with urbanity and moral contagion. As far as the ex-slaves were concerned, the growing commercial centre of Zanzibar, and the coastal cultures it was associated with, were not only enticing, but crucial to social and economic mobility. Thus, though livelihoods could be found at the mission, young and able workers looked to the town to increase their chances of survival.
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Štofaník, Jakub
Medzi krížom a kladivom [Between Cross and Hammer] Book
2017.
Abstract | Tags: 20th century, belgium, central and eastern europe, christianity, czechia, religion
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year = {2017},
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2015
Schiel, Juliane
Slaves’ Religious Choice in Renaissance Venice: Applying Insights from Missionary Narratives to Slave Baptism Records Journal Article
In: Archivio Veneto, iss. 146, pp. 23-45, 2015.
Abstract | Tags: christianity, italy, medieval history, slavery
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year = {2015},
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issue = {146},
pages = {23-45},
abstract = {This article investigates the motivation for and interests behind the baptism of slaves imported into late medieval Venice. It reviews Venetian slave sale records and reports left by mendicant missionaries and illustrates that baptism was less a matter of individual spiritual choice than a social practice perceived by the slave holders as an act of charity.
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2014
Greenfield-Liebst, Michelle
African Workers and the Universities‘ Mission to Central Africa in Zanzibar, 1864–1900 Journal Article
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies, vol. 8, iss. 3, pp. 366-381, 2014.
Abstract | Tags: 19th century, africa, christianity, slavery, Zanzibar
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volume = {8},
issue = {3},
pages = {366-381},
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},
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2013
Spicksley, Judith
The decline of slavery for debt in Western Europe in the medieval period Book Chapter
In: Cavaciocchi, Simonetta (Ed.): Schiavitù e Servaggio nell’Economia Europea Secc. XI-XVIII [Serfdom and Slavery in the European Economy 11th–18th Centuries], pp. 465-86, 2013.
Abstract | Tags: christianity, medieval history, slavery, western europe
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