Introduction: Sources and methods: Writing about African slavery and the slave tradeġ Excavating Arabic sources for the history of slavery in Western AfricaĢ Christian missionaries on record: Documenting slavery and the slave trade from the late fifteenth to the early twentieth centuryģ Early modern European-language sources on African slavery: The historian at workĤ African intellectual ideas in the age of legal slavery and the slave tradeĥ Looking for slavery in colonial archives: French West AfricaĦ Slave voices in African colonial courts: Sources and methodsħ Understanding slavery in possession ritualsĨ Yesterday and today: Studying African slavery, the slave trade and their legacies through oral sourcesĪFRICAN VOICES ON SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE What were the experiences of those in Africa who suﬀered from the practice of slavery, those who found themselves captured and sold from person to person, those who died on the trails, those who were forced to live in fear? And what of those Africans in Africa who proﬁted from the slave trade and slavery? What were their perspectives? How do we access any of these experiences and views? This volume explores diverse sources such as oral testimonies, possession rituals, Arabic language sources, European missionary, administrative and court records and African intellectual writings to discover what they can tell us about slavery and the slave trade in Africa.

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