UID:
almafu_9958352322202883
Format:
1 online resource (312 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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ISBN:
9780812203561
Series Statement:
Early American Studies
Content:
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.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction. Sweet Liberty: The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique --
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Chapter one. "That Your Hearts Will Blossom and Again Become French": The Early Napoleonic Period --
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Chapter two. "Happy to Consider Itself an Ancient British Possession": The British Occupation of Martinique --
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Chapter three. "Your French and Loyal Hearts": The First Decade of the Restoration --
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Chapter four. "In the Colonies, It Is Impossible That a White Would Align Himself with Slaves": Shifts in Colonial Policy --
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Chapter five. "To Ensure Equality Before Those Laws to Free Men, Whatever Their Color": Changing Ideas of French Citizenship --
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Chapter six. "Amelioration of the White Race" and "The Sacred Rights of Property": The End of Slavery in the French Atlantic --
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Conclusion --
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Abbreviations --
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Notes --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812203561
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812203561
