Africa: Enslaved Africans, an Uprising and an Ancient Farming System in Iraq - Study Sheds Light On Timelines: [The Conversation Africa] Written accounts tell the story of the Zanj rebellion - a slave revolt that took place in the late 9th century in southern Iraq. Some of the rebels were enslaved Africans working in various sectors of the local economy. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMcxnx #Africa #ZanjRebellion #EnslavedAfricans #SlaveryHistory #AncientFarming

https://archive.org/details/revolt-of-african-slaves-in-iraq

The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq in the 3rd/9th Century by Alexandre Popovic; Léon King; Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Topics
#Zanj, #slaverevolts, #history, #Iraq, #ZanjRebellion, #AbbasidCaliphate, #ThawratalZanj, #زَنْج‎, #زنجي, #Basra, #Zanjrevolt, #antiblackness, #blackchattelslavery, #slavery, #imperialism, #guerrillawarfare, #antiblackracism

translation; originally published in french in 1976