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The Alchemy of Slavery : Human Bondage and Emancipation in the Illinois Country, 1730-1865 /
In this sweeping saga that spans empires, peoples, and nations, M. Scott Heerman chronicles the long history of slavery in the heart of the continent and traces its many iterations through law and social practice. Arguing that slavery had no fixed institutional form, Heerman traces practices of slav...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2018]
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| Colección: | America in the Nineteenth Century
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction. Slavery and Freedom on the American Continent
- Chapter 1. Making the French Negroes
- Chapter 2. Another Law and Empire
- Chapter 3. Remaking the French Negroes
- Chapter 4. Contesting Bondage in the Slave North
- Chapter 5. Paths to Independence
- Chapter 6. Freedom Practices, Freedom Politics
- Conclusion. North of Slavery, South of Freedom
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments