Title Frontiers of servitude : slavery in narratives of the early French Atlantic / Michael Harrigan

Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 330 pages) : illustrations Series Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies. Contents Narrative and servitude -- Slave economies -- The labouring body -- Spheres of knowledge -- Tensions, order, and the body -- Society and slaves Summary Based on little-examined printed and archival sources, this book explores the fundamental ideas behind early French thinking about Atlantic slavery, c. 1620-1750. It analyses the three central questions of what made one a slave, of what was unique about Caribbean labour, and the implications of strategic approaches in interacting with slaves Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 21, 2018) Subject Slavery -- Caribbean, French-speaking -- History Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Caribbean, French-speaking POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. HISTORY -- Europe -- France. Slavery Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects Social conditions Esclavage -- Antilles françaises -- Histoire. Esclavage -- Dans la litterature. SUBJECT Caribbean, French-speaking -- Social conditions -- 17th century Caribbean, French-speaking -- Social conditions -- 18th century Subject Caribbean Area, French-speaking Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781526122254 1526122251 9781526122247 1526122243

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