Umfang:
Online-Ressource (vi, 300 p)
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ill., maps
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
081224172X
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9780812203561
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9780812241723
Serie:
Early American studies
Inhalt:
Sweet Liberty offers a history of Martinique and its relationship to metropolitan France during the final years of slavery in the French empire. It argues that an Atlantic-world approach reveals how race, slavery, class, and gender shaped what it meant to be French on both sides of the ocean.
Inhalt:
Cover -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: Sweet Liberty: The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique -- ONE: "That Your Hearts Will Blossom and Again Become French": The Early Napoleonic Period -- TWO: "Happy to Consider Itself an Ancient British Possession": The British Occupation of Martinique -- THREE: "Your French and Loyal Hearts": The First Decade of the Restoration -- FOUR: "In the Colonies, It Is Impossible That a White Would Align Himself With Slaves": Shifts in Colonial Policy -- FIVE: "To Ensure Equality Before Those Laws to Free Men, Whatever Their Color": Changing Ideas of French Citizenship -- SIX: "Amelioration of the White Race" and "The Sacred Rights of Property": The End of Slavery in the French Atlantic -- CONCLUSION -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- V -- W -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Illustrations.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION: Sweet Liberty: The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique""; ""ONE: ""That Your Hearts Will Blossom and Again Become French"": The Early Napoleonic Period""; ""TWO: ""Happy to Consider Itself an Ancient British Possession"": The British Occupation of Martinique""; ""THREE: ""Your French and Loyal Hearts"": The First Decade of the Restoration""; ""FOUR: ""In the Colonies, It Is Impossible That a White Would Align Himself With Slaves"": Shifts in Colonial Policy""
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""FIVE: ""To Ensure Equality Before Those Laws to Free Men, Whatever Their Color"": Changing Ideas of French Citizenship""""SIX: ""Amelioration of the White Race"" and ""The Sacred Rights of Property"": The End of Slavery in the French Atlantic""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS""; ""NOTES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""V""; ""W""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Illustrations""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780812241723
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sweet Liberty : The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique
Sprache:
Englisch
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