Sue Peabody (Professor of History, Professor of History, Washington

Madeleine's Children

Family, Freedom, Secrets, and Lies in France's Indian Ocean Colonies

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Produktbeschreibung

A gripping microhistory/legal case involving two generations of a French family enslaved in the Indian Ocean colonies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 167mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9780190233884
• ISBN-10: 0190233885
• Artikelnr.: 50477682

Autorenporträt

Sue Peabody is Professor of History at Washington State University Vancouver and the author of "There Are No Slaves in France": The Political Culture of Race and Slavery in the Ancien Regime and co-editor of The Color of Liberty: Histories of Race in France; Slavery, Freedom and the Law in the Atlantic World; and Le droit des Noirs en France au temps de l'esclavage.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Madeleine: A Child Slave in Pre-Colonial India
2. Crossings: Oceans, Islands, and Free Soil
3. Madeleine's Children: Family Secrets
4. The Revolution: Emancipation without Freedom
5. The Limits of Law: Madeleine's Betrayal
6. A Perfect Storm
7. Incendiary Arguments, Justice Suspended
8. English Liberties
9. Freedom Papers Hidden in His Shoe
10. Damages and Interest
Afterword
Appendices
Notes
Index