Frontiers of servitude : slavery in narratives of the early French Atlantic /
Harrigan, Michael,
Frontiers of servitude : slavery in narratives of the early French Atlantic / Michael Harrigan. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xi, 330 pages) : illustrations. - Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Front matter; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Note on sources; Introduction; Narrative and servitude; Slave economies; The labouring body; Spheres of knowledge; Tensions, order, and the body; Society and slaves; Conclusion; Index.
Based on little-examined printed and archival sources, this book explores the fundamental ideas behind early French thinking about Atlantic slavery, c. 1620-1750. It analyses the three central questions of what made one a slave, of what was unique about Caribbean labour, and the implications of strategic approaches in interacting with slaves.
9781526122254 9781526122247
018796814 Uk
Slavery--History.--Caribbean, French-speaking
Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--Caribbean, French-speaking.
Electronic Books.
HT1107 / .F766 2018
Frontiers of servitude : slavery in narratives of the early French Atlantic / Michael Harrigan. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xi, 330 pages) : illustrations. - Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Front matter; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Note on sources; Introduction; Narrative and servitude; Slave economies; The labouring body; Spheres of knowledge; Tensions, order, and the body; Society and slaves; Conclusion; Index.
Based on little-examined printed and archival sources, this book explores the fundamental ideas behind early French thinking about Atlantic slavery, c. 1620-1750. It analyses the three central questions of what made one a slave, of what was unique about Caribbean labour, and the implications of strategic approaches in interacting with slaves.
9781526122254 9781526122247
018796814 Uk
Slavery--History.--Caribbean, French-speaking
Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--Caribbean, French-speaking.
Electronic Books.
HT1107 / .F766 2018