Unfreedom : Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston /

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"In Unfreedom, Jared Ross Hardesty examines the lived experience of slaves in eighteenth-century Boston. Instead of relying on the traditional dichotomy of slavery and freedom, Hardesty argues we should understand slavery in Boston as part of a continuum of unfreedom. In this context, African s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hardesty, Jared (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Slaves.
Slavery.
Indentured servants.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Main-d'oeuvre engagee à long terme > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Esclaves > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Indentured servants > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 18th century.
Slaves > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 18th century.
Slavery > Massachusetts > Boston > History > 18th century.
Massachusetts > Boston.
Boston (Mass.) > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale)
Boston (Mass.) > Social conditions > 18th century.
Boston (Mass.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: a world of unfreedom
  • Origins
  • Deference and dependence
  • Social worlds
  • Laboring lives
  • Appropriating institutions
  • Afterword: the fall of the house of unfreedom.

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