ISBN10: 0195158660, ISBN13: 9780195158663, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Softcover Paperback. There Are No Slaves in France examines the paradoxical emergence of political antislavery and institutional racism in the century prior to the French Revolution. Sue Peabody shows how the political culture of late Bourbon France created ample opportunities for contestation over the meaning of freedom. Based on various archival sources, this work will be of interest not only to historians of slavery and France, but to scholars interested in the emergence ofmodern culture in the Atlantic world. A look at the paradox of political antislavery and institutional racism in the century prior to the French Revolution. Peabody examines the court cases that decided the fates of petitioning slaves to demonstrate the tensions arising between an ancient juridical commitment to freedom and a growing national belief that blacks were an inferior race. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
[Truganina, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2003]
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