Frontiers of servitude : slavery in narratives of the early French Atlantic / Michael Harrigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrigan, Michael, author.

Series:

Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies.

Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Caribbean, French-speaking--History.

Slavery.

Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--Caribbean, French-speaking.

Caribbean, French-speaking--Social conditions--17th century.

Caribbean, French-speaking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 330 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Slavery in narratives of the early French Atlantic

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

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Summary:

Based on little-examined printed and archival sources, this book explores the fundamental ideas behind early French thinking about Atlantic slavery, c. 1620-1750. It analyses the three central questions of what made one a slave, of what was unique about Caribbean labour, and the implications of strategic approaches in interacting with slaves.

Contents:

Front matter

Dedication

Contents

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Note on sources

Introduction

Narrative and servitude

Slave economies

The labouring body

Spheres of knowledge

Tensions, order, and the body

Society and slaves

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781526122247

1526122243

9781526136183

152613618X

9781526122254

1526122251

OCLC:

1107834522