The abolition of slavery in Africa and the Middle East can be considered from different angles. One of them comes from international pressure to abolish slavery in Africa and the Middle East. The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society was one of the most active institutions in seeking the suppression of slavery, in India, Africa and the Middle East.2 It pushed the British government to take action direct actions to abolish Indian slavery and indirect actions. in non-European regions where slavery was common. In the "Muslim world" and to some extent on the East African coast, abolition was seen as an external imposition.3 Therefore, resistance to the imposition of such measures was very clear to some contemporary scholars. In 1869, Ahmed Midhat (an Ottoman intellectual) quoted by Toledano stated: “Europeans who do not know the morals and customs of the East think that the slaves of Istanbul are like American slaves. »4 An argument for resisting the abolition of slavery in non-European countries. In European regions, it was compared to American slavery. This idea was shared by Western and non-economic thinkers. In India, the idea of ​​slavery as a means of relief for the poor was very common.5 In the Algerian Sahara, an official wrote in 1849 that slaves were not exploited or subjected to hard labor, contrary to the American situation.6 On the other hand, the representation According to Clarence-Smith, Africa and Muslims were cruel slavers who had a political motivation: "Western ideologues denounced slavery as one of the root causes of decadence Islamic morality and social decline, justifying diplomatic intimidation or colonial conquest. »7 Even when slavery was not the solution. main form of work in some African regions, the use of this image has been a powerful resource for motivating colo...... middle of article ......several political and economic motivations, the use of the abolition of slavery as For justification, this was part of the hegemonic discourse in this process. Furthermore, the resistance on the East African coast was organized in religious terms, but its motivation was clearly economic. However, there are many angles to understand this process: what were the characteristics of local resistance? What was the relationship between religious discourse and secular movements on the African coast in relation to abolition? What was the opinion of slaves and former slaves on the change in their legal situation? There are good questions to explore the abolition of the slave trade and slavery on the East African coast in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Questions that I hope to be able to answer throughout the doctoral research.