“[I]n Search of their Relations, To Set at Liberty as Many as They Had the Means”
The practice of ransoming, which upon payment of a fee or prisoner exchange, restored captives to freedom and prevented their enslavement, was a universal institution. Similar, but different from slave redemption, ransoming prevented the transition of captives into slaves. Captors supported ransomi...
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| Language: | English |
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Nordic Africa Research Network
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Nordic Journal of African Studies |
| Online Access: | https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/214 |