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Slavery's metropolis : unfree labor in New Orleans during the age of revolutions /

"New Orleans is an iconic city, which was once located at the crossroads of early America and the Atlantic World. New Orleans became a major American metropolis as its slave population exploded; in the early nineteenth century, slaves made up one-third of the urban population. In contrast to ou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Rashauna (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Colección:Cambridge studies on the African diaspora.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; Preface: "Drowned in the blood of its citizens"; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Slave Spaces; 1 Revolutionary Spaces; 2 Market Spaces; 3 Neighborhood Spaces; 4 Penal Spaces; 5 Atlantic Spaces; Conclusion: Modern Spaces; Selected Bibliography; Index