Madeleine''s Children - Family, Freedom, Secrets, and Lies in France''s Indian Ocean Colonies

Zusatztext This volume will be of particular interest to those who wish to better understand the work of historians, as well as for those studying the construction of race and indentity in relation to slavery and freedom. Informationen zum Autor Sue Peabody is Professor of History at Washington State University Vancouver and the author of "There Are No Slaves in France": The Political Culture of Race and Slavery in the Ancien Regime and co-editor of The Color of Liberty: Histories of Race in France; Slavery, Freedom and the Law in the Atlantic World; and Le droit des Noirs en France au temps de l'esclavage. Klappentext A gripping microhistory/legal case involving two generations of a French family enslaved in the Indian Ocean colonies. Zusammenfassung A gripping microhistory/legal case involving two generations of a French family enslaved in the Indian Ocean colonies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Madeleine: A Child Slave in Pre-Colonial India 2. Crossings: Oceans, Islands, and Free Soil 3. Madeleine's Children: Family Secrets 4. The Revolution: Emancipation without Freedom 5. The Limits of Law: Madeleine's Betrayal 6. A Perfect Storm 7. Incendiary Arguments, Justice Suspended 8. English Liberties 9. Freedom Papers Hidden in His Shoe 10. Damages and Interest Afterword Appendices Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Sue Peabody, Sue (Professor of History Peabody, Peabody Sue
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2017
• EAN: 9780190233884
• ISBN: 978-0-19-023388-4
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; France, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Military / Naval, TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Colonialism and imperialism, Indian Ocean, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Biography: historical, political and military, C 1700 To C 1800, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law