Done With Slavery: The Black Fact in Montreal, 1760-1840: Volume 21 - Rilegato

Mackey, Frank

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0773535780 ISBN 13: 9780773535787

Casa editrice: McGill Queens Univ, 2010

Riassunto

"Through close examination of archival and contemporary sources, Mackey uncovers largely unknown aspects of the black transition from slavery to freedom. While he considers the changing legal status of slavery, much of the book provides a detailed and nuanced reconstruction of the circumstances of black Montrealers and their lived experience. The resulting picture is remarkably complex, showing the variety of occupations held by blacks, the relationships they had with those they served, their encounters with the judicial and political systems, and the racial mingling that came with intermarriage and apprenticeships. Done with Slavery casts the categories of blackness and slavery in a new light, showing that broad histories of the phenomenon must begin totake into account the specifics of the lives of "marginal" black populations."--pub. desc.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Frank Mackey is the author of Steamboat Connections: Montreal to Upper Canada, 1816-1843, and Black Then: Blacks and Montreal, 1780s-1880s.

Product Description:

Book by Frank Mackey

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGill Queens Univ
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0773535780
• ISBN 13: 9780773535787
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 604