TY - BOOK AU - Harrigan,Michael TI - Frontiers of servitude: slavery in narratives of the early French Atlantic T2 - Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies SN - 9781526122254 AV - HT1107 .F766 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press KW - Slavery KW - Caribbean, French-speaking KW - History KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1813058&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -