Black Townsmen |
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| Author:
| Dantas, Mariana |
| Series title: | Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-281-97654-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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This book is an innovative comparative study of persons of African origin and descent in two urban environments of the early modern Atlantic world. The author follows these men and women as they struggle with slavery, negotiations of manumission, and efforts to adapt to a life in freedom, ultimately illustrating howtheir choices and actions placed themat the foreground of the development of Atlantic urban slavery and emancipation."
This book is an innovative comparative study of persons of African origin and descent in two urban environments of the early modern Atlantic world. The author follows these men and women as they struggle with slavery, negotiations of manumission, and efforts to adapt to a life in freedom, ultimately illustrating howtheir choices and actions placed themat the foreground of the development of Atlantic urban slavery and emancipation."