Dantas Black Townsmen

Urban Slavery and Freedom in the Eighteenth-Century Americas
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-230-61111-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Palgrave History Collection

This book is an innovative comparative study of persons of African origin and descent in two urban environments of the early modern Atlantic world. The author follows these men and women illustrating how their choices and actions placed them at the foreground of the development of Atlantic urban slavery and emancipation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dantas, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abstract Introduction Shaping Urban Space in Eighteenth-century Minas Gerais and Maryland The Slave Population in Baltimore and Sabará The Urban Slave Labor Force Manumission Practices and the Negotiation of Slave Labor The Rise of the Free Urban Population and Labor Force of African Origin and Descent Free Townspeople of African Origin and Descent Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

MARIANA DANTAS is Assistant Professor of History, Ohio University, USA.