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Frontiers of servitude : slavery in narratives of the early French Atlantic / Michael Harrigan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 330 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781526122254
  • 9781526122247
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HT1107 .F766 2018
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Contents:
Subject: 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.
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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.

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