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SUMMARY:Slaves and slave ownership in Ottoman Bursa\, 1460-1880 - Hülya C
 anbakal (Sabanci University\, Istanbul) (with Alpay Filiztekin\, Sabanci)
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DESCRIPTION:Studies of slavery in the Ottoman Empire focus on slavery amon
 g and for the official elite in the capital\, with an emphasis on the 15th
  and 16th centuries\, on the trade and its abolition in the 19th century\,
  or more recently\, on microhistories of slave lives beyond the harems and
  military households of the official elite. This study builds on the latte
 r two trends. Using probate inventories from the city of Bursa and its hin
 terland\, it examines long-term patterns in slave ownership and employment
  among commoners as well as the local elite. Probate evidence indicates th
 at slave-holding steadily declined over the four centuries examined and by
  the time of its abolition\, was already a marginal practice in this impor
 tant provincial city. Price trends reveal a decline from the 18th century 
 onwards\, suggesting that declining ownership was due to causes other than
  supply and prices. We present statistics of ownership and characteristics
  of the slave body\, and examine prices and supply and demand in connectio
 n with wages and purchasing power.
LOCATION:History Faculty Room 12
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