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Author Weiss, Gillian Lee.

Title Captives and corsairs : France and slavery in the early modern Mediterranean / Gillian Weiss.

Publication Info. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 389 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-378) and index.
Contents Mediterranean slavery -- Salvation without the state -- Manumission and absolute monarchy -- Bombarding Barbary -- Emancipation in an age of enlightenment -- Liberation and empire from the Revolution to Napoleon -- North African servitude in black and white -- The conquest of Algiers.
Summary French response to the capture and enslavement of French citizens and subjects by Muslim corsairs in the Mediterranean.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Slavery -- Africa, North -- History.
Slavery.
North Africa.
History.
French -- Africa, North -- History.
French.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Africa, North -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- British colonies.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- French colonies.
Slavery -- Political aspects -- France -- History.
Slavery -- Political aspects.
France.
Pirates -- Africa, North -- History.
Pirates.
France -- Relations -- Africa, North.
Relations.
Africa, North -- Relations -- France.
Chronological Term 1517-1882
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Weiss, Gillian Lee. Captives and corsairs. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2011 9780804770002 (DLC) 2010028607 (OCoLC)647773579
ISBN 9780804777841 (electronic book)
0804777845 (electronic book)
9780804770002
080477000X