Format:
1 online resource (355 pages)
ISBN:
9780820342351
Content:
By the late 1700s, half the free population of Saint Domingue was black and exercised a high degree of social, economic, and physical mobility. Covering the period 1776-1791, this study offers the most comprehensive portrait to date of Saint Domingue's free black elites on the eve of the colony's transformation into the republic of Haiti.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. The Colony and Its People -- Chapter One. The Notarial Record and Free Coloreds -- Chapter Two. The Land -- Chapter Three. The People -- Chapter Four. Free Coloreds in the Colonial Armed Forces -- Part Two. The Free Colored in Society and the Economy -- Chapter Five. Slaveholding Practices -- Chapter Six. Landholding Practices -- Chapter Seven. Entrepreneurship -- Chapter Eight. Non-Economic Components of Social Status -- Chapter Nine. Family Relationships and Social Advancement -- Part Three. Group Strategies for Economic and Social Advancement -- Chapter Ten. Planter Elites -- Chapter Eleven. The Military Leadership Group -- Chapter Twelve. Conclusion -- Appendix One. Family Tree of the Laportes of Limonade -- Appendix Two. Surnames -- Appendix Three. Incorporation Papers of the Grasserie Marie Josephe -- Appendix Four. Notarized Sale Contract for a House -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780820322339
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780820322339
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3039005
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