Done with slavery the Black fact in Montreal, 1760-1840 /

"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...

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Autor principal: Mackey, Frank
Autor corporatiu: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
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Publicat: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010.
Col·lecció:Studies on the history of Quebec ; 21.
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  • 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.