Done with slavery: the Black fact in Montreal, 1760-1840
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Bibliographic Details
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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Online Access:KUBA1
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [553]-579) 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."--pub. desc
Physical Description:viii, 604 p.
ISBN:0773535780
9780773535787
9780773583115

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