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 I slamic slave trade from East Africa (Swahili and Red Sea Coasts) : a te ntative census / Ralph A. Austen-- The Black slaves of Turkish Arabia d uring the 19th century / Albertine Jwaideh and J.W. Cox -- Slaves and s lave traders in the Persian Gulf, 18th and 19th centuries / Thomas M. R icks -- The Nile Valley system and Red Sea slave trade 1820-1880 / Jane t J. Ewald -- Ethiopian slave exports at Matamma, Massawa and Tajura, c . 1830-1885 / Abdussamad H. Ahmad -- Slavery and the slave trade in sou thern 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 / Franðcois Renault -- Madagascar and Mozambique in the sl ave trade of the Western Indian Ocean 1800-1861 / Gwyn Campbell -- Cove rt slaves and coveted coolies in the early 19th century Mascareignes / Marina Carter and Hubert Gerbeau -- The last years of the slave trade t o the Cape Colony / Robert Ross.