Black Townsmen - Urban Slavery and Freedom in the Eighteenth-Century Americas (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)

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 as they struggle with slavery, negotiations of manumission, and efforts to adapt to a life in freedom, ultimately illustrating how their choices and actions placed them at the foreground of the development of Atlantic urban slavery and emancipation.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	M. Dantas
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
Edition:	2008 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-7576-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN:	1-4039-7576-0
Barcode:	9781403975768

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