Sweet liberty the final days of slavery in Martinique / Rebecca Hartkopf Schloss.

Author/creator Schloss, Rebecca Hartkopf, 1970-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,
Descriptionvi, 300 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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SeriesEarly American studies
Early American studies. ^A375699
Contents Introduction: Sweet liberty : the final days of slavery in Martinique -- "That your hearts will blossom and again become French" : the early Napoleonic period -- "Happy to consider itself an ancient British possession" : the British occupation of Martinique -- "Your French and loyal hearts" : the first decade of the restoration -- "In the colonies, it is impossible that a white would align himself with slaves" : shifts in colonial policy -- "To ensure equality before those laws to free men, whatever their color" : changing ideas of French citizenship -- "Amelioration of the white race" and "the sacred rights of property" : the end of slavery in the French Atlantic.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2008051923
ISBN9780812241723 (alk. paper)
ISBN081224172X (alk. paper)