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Captives and corsairs : France and slavery in the early modern Mediterranean / Gillian Weiss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weiss, Gillian Lee.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Africa, North--History.
- Slavery.
- French--Africa, North--History.
- French.
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Africa, North--History.
- Enslaved persons.
- Slavery--Political aspects--France--History.
- Pirates--Africa, North--History.
- Pirates.
- France--Relations--Africa, North.
- France.
- Africa, North--Relations--France.
- Africa, North.
- Africa, North--History--1517-1882.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (406 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- French response to the capture and enslavement of French citizens and subjects by Muslim corsairs in the Mediterranean.
- Contents:
- Mediterranean slavery
- Salvation without the state
- Manumission and absolute monarchy
- Bombarding Barbary
- Emancipation in an age of enlightenment
- Liberation and empire from the Revolution to Napoleon
- Barbary slavery in black and white
- The conquest of Algiers.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804777841
- 0804777845
- OCLC:
- 726734849
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