"There Are No Slaves in France" The Political Culture of Race and Slavery in the Ancien Régime |
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| Author:
| Peabody, Sue |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-510198-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1996 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $190.00AUD $251.00 |
Book Description:
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The repeated efforts by French slaves in France during the seventeenth and eighteenth century to legally seek their freedom left a rich tale of how the demand for freedom paradoxically leads to both the broadening of civil rights and the fostering of racial prejudice. Peabody tells this tale in a lively, informative, and anecdotal narrative.
The repeated efforts by French slaves in France during the seventeenth and eighteenth century to legally seek their freedom left a rich tale of how the demand for freedom paradoxically leads to both the broadening of civil rights and the fostering of racial prejudice. Peabody tells this tale in a lively, informative, and anecdotal narrative.