| Description |
1 online resource (406 pages) |
| Contents |
List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on the Text; Introduction; 1. Mediterranean Slavery; 2. Salvation without the State; 3. Manumission and Absolute Monarchy; 4. Bombarding Barbary; 5. Emancipation in an Age of Enlightenment; 6. Liberation and Empire from the Revolution to Napoleon; 7. North African Servitude in Black and White; 8. The Conquest of Algiers; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Appendix 1: Slave Numbers; Appendix 2: Religious Redemptions and Processions; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Captives and Corsairs uncovers a forgotten story in the history of relations between the West and Islam: three centuries of Muslim corsair raids on French ships and shores and the resulting captivity of tens of thousands of French subjects and citizens in North Africa. Through an analysis of archival materials, writings, and images produced by contemporaries, the book fundamentally revises our picture of France's emergence as a nation and a colonial power, presenting the Mediterranean as an essential vantage point for studying the rise of France. It reveals how efforts to liberate slaves from |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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French -- Africa, North -- History
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Pirates -- Africa, North -- History
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Slavery -- Political aspects -- France -- History
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Slavery -- Africa, North -- History
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Africa, North -- History
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French
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International relations
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Pirates
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Slavery
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Slavery -- Political aspects
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, North -- History -- 1517-1882. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001641
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Africa, North -- Relations -- France
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France -- Relations -- Africa, North
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North Africa
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France
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780804777841 |
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0804777845 |
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