Slavery in the Ottoman Empire and its Actors: The Role of Slaves, Slave Owners, and Slave Traders

• In Event: Eurasian and Transottoman Slavery: Actors and their Networks in the Translocal Slave Trade from the 17th to 19th Centuries

Abstract

Veruschka Wagner analyses the institution of slavery in the Ottoman Empire with a focus on Istanbul in the 17th century. She examines the questions of actors involved in the slave trade and their roles and interactions concerning the institution of slavery.

Author

• Veruschka Wagner, U of Bonn (Germany)