There are no slaves in France : the political culture of race and slavery in the Ancien Régime /

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There Are No Slaves in France examines the paradoxical emergence of political antislavery and institutional racism in the century prior to the French Revolution. Sue Peabody shows how the political culture of late Bourbon France created ample opportunities for contestation over the meaning of freedo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Peabody, Sue, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Racism > France > History > 18th century.
Black people > Legal status, laws, etc. > France > History > 18th century.
Political culture > France > History > 18th century.
Racisme > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Black people > Legal status, laws, etc.
Political culture
Race relations
Racism
Slavernij.
Rassentheorieën.
Abolitionisme.
Ancien Régime.
France > Race relations > History > 18th century.
France
Frankrijk.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; 1. Slavery in France: The Problem and Early Responses; 2. The Case of Jean Boucaux v. Verdelin: Fashioning the National Myth of Liberty; 3. The Impact of the Declaration of 1738: Nantes, La Rochelle, and Paris; 4. Notions of Race in the Eighteenth Century; 5. Crisis: Blacks in the Capital, 1762; 6. Antislavery and Antidespotism: 1760-1771; 7. The Police des Noirs, 1776-1777; 8. Erosion of the Police des Noirs; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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