Done with slavery: the Black fact in Montreal, 1760-1840
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Main Author: Mackey, Frank (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal McGill-Queen's University Press c2010
Series:Studies on the history of Quebec 21
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [553]-575) and index
"Through close examination of archival and contemporary sources, Mackey uncovers largely unknown aspects of the black transition from slavery to freedom. While he considers the changing legal status of slavery, much of the book provides a detailed and nuanced reconstruction of the circumstances of black Montrealers and their lived experience. The resulting picture is remarkably complex, showing the variety of occupations held by blacks, the relationships they had with those they served, their encounters with the judicial and political systems, and the racial mingling that came with intermarriage and apprenticeships. Done with Slavery casts the categories of blackness and slavery in a new light, showing that broad histories of the phenomenon must begin to take into account the specifics of the lives of "marginal" black populations."--Publisher Description
Introduction -- What slavery? -- There ought to be a law -- Still counting -- Things as they were -- Deer out of a cage -- On steamboats -- Jacks of all trades -- Political colours -- The colour of justice -- Shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm -- One thousand characters in search of an author or two -- Appendix I : Newspaper notices -- Appendix II : Slavery in the judges' eyes -- Appendix III : Spoils of war -- Appendix IV : The King v. Alexander Grant, George Nixon and Moses Powell Wormley
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource ([ix], 604 p.)
ISBN:0773535780
0773583114
9780773535787
9780773583115

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