'There Are No Slaves in France' - The Political Culture of Race and Slavery in the Ancien Regime (Hardcover)

"There Are No Slaves in France" The Political Culture of Race and Slavery in the Ancient Regime examines the paradox of political antislavery and institutional racism in the century prior to the French Revolution. Black slaves who came to France as domestic servants of colonial masters challenged their servitude in courts. On the basis of the Freedom Principle, a judicial maxim granting freedom to any slave who set foot in the kingdom, hundreds of slaves won their freedom. Sue Peabody shows how the political culture of late Bourbon France created ample opportunities for contestation over the meaning of freedom. Men of letters used the metaphor of slavery to critique the supposed despotism of Louis XV and Louis XVI. In the second half of the century, courts and the crown colluded to erect a series of laws prohibiting the entry of blacks into the metropolis. "There Are No Slaves in France" shows how both antislavery and anti-black discourses emerged from the tension between France's reification of liberty and its dependence on colonial slavery.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1996
First published:	October 1996
Authors:	Sue Peabody (Assistant Professor of History)
Dimensions:	219 x 147 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-510198-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-19-510198-7
Barcode:	9780195101980

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