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Introduction. Slavery and Freedom on the American Continent

© 2020 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

© 2020 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction. Slavery and Freedom on the American Continent 1
  4. Chapter 1. Making the French Negroes 17
  5. Chapter 2. Another Law and Empire 38
  6. Chapter 3. Remaking the French Negroes 58
  7. Chapter 4. Contesting Bondage in the Slave North 82
  8. Chapter 5. Paths to Independence 109
  9. Chapter 6. Freedom Practices, Freedom Politics 135
  10. Conclusion. North of Slavery, South of Freedom 160
  11. Notes 169
  12. Bibliography 205
  13. Index 229
  14. Acknowledgments 235
The Alchemy of Slavery
This chapter is in the book The Alchemy of Slavery
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812295337-001

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction. Slavery and Freedom on the American Continent 1
  4. Chapter 1. Making the French Negroes 17
  5. Chapter 2. Another Law and Empire 38
  6. Chapter 3. Remaking the French Negroes 58
  7. Chapter 4. Contesting Bondage in the Slave North 82
  8. Chapter 5. Paths to Independence 109
  9. Chapter 6. Freedom Practices, Freedom Politics 135
  10. Conclusion. North of Slavery, South of Freedom 160
  11. Notes 169
  12. Bibliography 205
  13. Index 229
  14. Acknowledgments 235
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