''There Are No Slaves in France'' - The Political Culture of Race and Slavery in the Ancien Regime

Zusatztext "Peabody has produced a solid piece of legal and social history....this is an impressively researched, exhaustively documented book, a model of how to exploit archival and legal primary sources. It should prove to be the definitive study of the slavery question in mainland France prior to the French Revolution."--American Historical Review Klappentext There Are No Slaves in France examines the paradoxical emergence of political antislavery and institutional racism in the century prior to the French Revolution. Sue Peabody shows how the political culture of late Bourbon France created ample opportunities for contestation over the meaning of freedom. Based on various archival sources, this work will be of interest not only to historians of slavery and France, but to scholars interested in the emergence of modern culture in the Atlantic world. Zusammenfassung Examines the paradox of political anti-slavery and institutional racism in the century prior to the French Revolution. Through studying the confrontations between the principal of freedom and the fact of slavery, this book examines how French national myths concerning liberty were transformed by the presence of enslaved blacks in the metropolis.

Product details

• Authors: Sue Peabody, Sue (Assistant Professor of History Peabody, Peabody Sue
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2003
• EAN: 9780195158663
• ISBN: 978-0-19-515866-3
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ethnic Studies, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social discrimination & inequality, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Slavery & abolition of slavery, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, C 1700 To C 1800, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General