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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Originally published in French by Éditions La Découverte, 2016. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The slave trade and slavery in the Americas : transcontinental trends -- Marronage : a risky but possible path to freedom -- Self-purchase and military service : legal but limited paths to emancipation -- Conspiracy and revolt : the most perilous paths to freedom -- Slaves as actors on the path to U.S. independence -- From the slave revolt in Saint Domingue to the founding of the black nation of Haiti -- The shock waves of the Haitian revolution -- The wars of independence in continental Iberian America : new opportunities for liberation -- Marronage and the purchase of freedom : old strategies in new times -- Revolts and abolitionism. |
Summary |
"Commanding a vast historiography of slavery and emancipation, Aline Helg argues that significant numbers of enslaved Africans and their descendants across the entire Western Hemisphere managed to free themselves hundreds of years before the formation of white-run abolitionist movements. Her analysis of resistance and struggle covers more than three centuries, from early colonization to the American and Haitian revolutions, Spanish American independence, and abolition in the British Caribbean. But Helg's purpose is not only to underscore the agency of those who managed to become 'free people of color' before abolitionism took hold but also to assess in detail the specific strategies they created and utilized"-- Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Slavery -- America -- History.
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Slavery. |
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America. |
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History. |
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Slave rebellions -- America -- History.
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Slave rebellions. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- America.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- British colonies. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- French colonies. |
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Slavery -- United States -- History.
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United States. |
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Slave rebellions -- United States -- History.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States.
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Slavery -- West Indies -- History.
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West Indies. |
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Slave rebellions -- West Indies -- History.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- West Indies.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Vergnaud, Lara, translator.
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Added Title |
Plus jamais esclaves! English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018101220
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Other Form: |
Print version: Helg, Aline, 1953- Plus jamais esclaves! English. Slave no more. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019] 9781469649627 (DLC) 2018036570 (OCoLC)1048015105 |
ISBN |
9781469649641 (electronic book) |
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1469649640 (electronic book) |
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9781469649658 (electronic book) |
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1469649659 (electronic book) |
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9781469649627 |
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1469649624 |
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9781469649634 |
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1469649632 |
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