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The Alchemy of Slavery : Human Bondage and Emancipation in the Illinois Country, 1730-1865 / M. Scott Heerman.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heerman, M. Scott, Author.
- Series:
- America in the nineteenth century.
- America in the Nineteenth Century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Illinois--History--18th century.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--Illinois--History--19th century.
- Illinois.
- Genre:
- History
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The Alchemy of Slavery foregrounds diverse and adaptable slaving practices that masters deployed to build a slave economy in Illinois, innovating in response to antislavery pressures.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Slavery and Freedom on the American Continent
- Making the French Negroes
- Another Law and Empire
- Remaking the French Negroes
- Contesting Bondage in the Slave North
- Paths to Independence
- Freedom Practices, Freedom Politics
- Conclusion : North of Slavery, South of Freedom.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-227) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780812295337
- 0812295331
- OCLC:
- 1051770857
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