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A frail liberty : probationary citizens in the French and Haitian revolutions / Tessie P. Liu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liu, Tessie P., 1955- author.
- Series:
- France overseas : studies in empire and decolonization
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Société des amis des noirs.
- Antislavery movements--France--History--18th century.
- Antislavery movements.
- Black people--France--Social conditions.
- Black people.
- Black people--Haiti--Social conditions.
- France--Race relations--History--18th century.
- France.
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
- Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804.
- Haiti.
- France--Colonies--America.
- France--Colonies--Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
- Contents:
- Introduction: The alchemy of merit
- Sympathy ink : staging humanity in a revolutionary empire
- An ebullient summer : the Amis des Noirs organize to fight the slave trade
- Children of a common father : free people of color as objects of sympathy
- Who belongs as citizens? The antinomies of rights and freedom
- Facing insurrection : free colored rights or emancipation
- "What kind of free is this?" : probationary citizens and the dilemmas of general liberty
- Can the old colonies be saved? "Disfigured slaves" and the new abolitionism
- The hermeneutics of freedom and violence : justifying slavery after emancipation
- Conclusion : the allure and tragedy of meritorious belonging
- Epilogue : forgotten promises of representative democracy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781496232298 (electronic bk.)
- 1496232291 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031175872
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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