Slaves in Paris - Hidden Lives and Fugitive Histories

Mistaking Paris for a haven of freedom, slaves sought refuge there only to be hunted down, arrested, and deported. Through the biographies of enslaved people who came to Paris from Africa, the West Indies, and the Indian Ocean, Spieler's study reveals the emergence of a new racialized legal culture in the last years of the Old Regime.

About the author

Miranda Spieler is the author of Empire and Underworld: Captivity in French Guiana. She is Professor of History and Politics at the American University of Paris.

Product details

• Authors: Miranda Spieler, Miranda Frances Spieler, Spieler Miranda Frances
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 17.06.2025
• EAN: 9780674986541
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98654-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, General & world history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Legal History, General and world history, Slavery & abolition of slavery, C 1700 To C 1800, Slavery and abolition of slavery