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Slaves in Paris : hidden lives and fugitive histories / Miranda Spieler.
Van Pelt Library HT1179.P37 S65 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spieler, Miranda Frances, 1971- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--France--Paris--History--19th century.
- Enslaved persons.
- Slavery--France--Paris--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Slave trade--France--History--19th century.
- Slave trade.
- Enslaved persons--France--Colonies--History--19th century.
- Enslaved persons--Emancipation--France--Paris--History--18th century.
- Black people--Legal status, laws, etc--France--History--18th century.
- Black people.
- Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--France--History--18th century.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Black people--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Slave trade--History.
- Slavery--History.
- France.
- France--Paris Region.
- Physical Description:
- 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Enslaved people from the French colonies were deeply woven into the fabric of revolutionary Paris, occupying domestic positions in wealthy homes and suffusing every corner of city life. Miranda Spieler examines this complex dimension of revolutionary society, ignored in standard histories but integral to a transformative moment."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Jean
- Pauline
- Lucidor
- Julien
- Ourika
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Spieler, Miranda Frances 1971- Slaves in Paris
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780674986541
- 0674986547
- OCLC:
- 1472583893
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000238037
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