Slavery, Freedom, and the Law in the Atlantic World: A Brief History With Documents - Brossura

Peabody, Sue; Grinberg, Keila

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312411766 ISBN 13: 9780312411763

Casa editrice: Bedford/st Martins, 2007

Riassunto

During the era of revolution, independence, and emancipation in the north Atlantic, "slavery" and "freedom" were fluid and contested concepts. Individuals and groups turned to courts of law to define and enforce the status of indigenous Americans, forcibly imported Africans, and colonizing Europeans -- and their progeny. Legal institutions of the state manufactured and mediated a new, dynamic concept of freedom, inventing categories of race and codifying white privilege. In this collection of documents from the French, British, Spanish, and Portuguese empires, Peabody and Grinberg introduce the voices of slaves, slave-holders, jurists, legislators, and others who struggled to critique, overturn, justify, or simply describe the social order in which they found themselves. Discussion questions, illustrations, a glossary, and a bibliography allow students to analyze these rich documents and discern their lasting influences.

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L'autore:

SUE PEABODY (Ph.D., University of Iowa), is associate professor of history at Washington State University Vancouver. Her influential book There Are No Slaves in France (1996) examines the legal history of French slavery and race in the eighteenth century. Peabody's current research focuses on the legal concept of "Free Soil" in the wider Atlantic world.

KEILA GRINBERG (Ph.D., Universidade Federal Fluminense), is an associate professor of history at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. She is an expert on slavery, civil law, and citizenship in Brazil, subjects on which she has published in the United States, Brazil, and elsewhere.

Contenuti:

Foreword
Preface
Note on Translations and Racial Terminology
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION: SLAVERY, FREEDOM, AND THE LAW
Overview
Slavery and Freedom in the French Atlantic and the Haitian Revolution
Slavery and Freedom in the British Atlantic and the United States
Slavery and Freedom in the Spanish Atlantic
Slavery and Freedom in the Portuguese Atlantic and Brazil
The Meaning of Freedom
PART TWO: THE DOCUMENTS
The French Atlantic and the Haitian Revolution
England, British Colonies and the United States
Spain and Its American Colonies
Portugal and Brazil

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• Editore: Bedford/st Martins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312411766
• ISBN 13: 9780312411763
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 201