A Slave Between Empires: A Transimperial History of North Africa by M'hamed Oualdi

A Slave Between Empires: A Transimperial History of North Africa

M'hamed Oualdi

248 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

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In June 1887, a man known as General Husayn, a manumitted slave turned dignitary in the Ottoman province of Tunis, passed away in Florence after a life crossing empires. As a youth, Husayn was brought from Circassia to Turkey, where he was sold as...

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