Slavery, Freedom and the Law in the Atlantic World: A Brief History with Documents

Sue Peabody

ISBN 10: 0312411766 / ISBN 13: 9780312411763

Edité par St Martin's Press, 2007

During the era of revolution, independence, and emancipation in the north Atlantic, 'slavery' and 'freedom' were fluid and contested concepts. Individuals and groups turned to courts of law to define and enforce the status of indigenous Americans, forcibly imported Africans, and colonizing Europeans - and their progeny. In this collection of documents from the French, British, Spanish, and Portuguese empires, Peabody and Grinberg introduce the voices of slaves, slave-holders, jurists, legislators, and others who struggled to critique, overturn, justify, or simply describe the social order in which they found themselves. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN0312411766A

Synopsis :

In this collection of documents from the French, British, Spanish, and Portuguese empires, Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World introduces the voices of slaves, slave-holders, jurists, legislators, and others, struggling to critique, overturn, justify, or simply describe the social order in which they found themselves during this era.

À propos de l'auteur: SUE PEABODY (Ph.D., University of Iowa), is associate professor of history at Washington State University Vancouver. Her influential book There Are No Slaves in France (1996) examines the legal history of French slavery and race in the eighteenth century. Peabodys current research focuses on the legal concept of Free Soil in the wider Atlantic world.

KEILA GRINBERG (Ph.D., Universidade Federal Fluminense), is an associate professor of history at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. She is an expert on slavery, civil law, and citizenship in Brazil, subjects on which she has published in the United States, Brazil, and elsewhere.

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Titre : Slavery, Freedom and the Law in the Atlantic...
Éditeur : St Martin's Press
Date d'édition : 2007
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Fair