Frontiers of servitude : slavery in narratives of the early French Atlantic /

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 stra...

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Autore principale: Harrigan, Michael (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Manchester : Manchester University Press 2018.
Serie:Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvnb7p89
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Riassunto: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.
Descrizione fisica:1 online resource (xi, 330 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781526122254
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