Alchemy of Slavery - Human Bondage and Emancipation in the Illinois Country, 1730-1865

M. Scott Heerman teaches history at the University of Miami.

Sommario

Introduction. Slavery and Freedom on the American Continent
Chapter 1. Making the French Negroes
Chapter 2. Another Law and Empire
Chapter 3. Remaking the French Negroes
Chapter 4. Contesting Bondage in the Slave North
Chapter 5. Paths to Independence
Chapter 6. Freedom Practices, Freedom Politics
Conclusion. North of Slavery, South of Freedom
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments

Info autore

M. Scott Heerman is Associate Professor of History at the University of Miami.

Riassunto

The Alchemy of Slavery foregrounds diverse and adaptable slaving practices that masters deployed to build a slave economy in Illinois, innovating in response to antislavery pressures.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: M Scott Heerman, M. Scott Heerman
• Editore: University of pennsylvania pr
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9780812250466
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5046-6
• Pagine: 248
• Serie: America in the Nineteenth Cent; America in the Nineteenth Century; America in the Nineteenth Cent
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni