Lecture: A North African Slave Advocating for Abolition in the US: Debating Slavery in Ottoman Tunis 1864, Middle East Studies Center (Duke University), November 9, 2020 @1:00 pm – 2:45 pm
In 1864 as the Civil War raged in the United States, a Circassian manumitted slave and Tunisian official named Husayn advocated for the abolition of slavery in the US. In response to a query from the American consul in Tunis wondering about the effect of slavery in Tunisia, Husayn replied that he truly believed that … Continue reading Lecture: A North African Slave Advocating for Abolition in the US: Debating Slavery in Ottoman Tunis 1864, Middle East Studies Center (Duke University), November 9, 2020 @1:00 pm – 2:45 pm