Sweet Liberty offers a history of Martinique and its relationship to metropolitan France during the final years of slavery in the French empire. It argues that an Atlantic-world approach reveals how race, slavery, class, and gender shaped what it meant to be French on both sides of the ocean.
Sweet Liberty offers a history of Martinique and its relationship to metropolitan France during the final years of slavery in the French empire. It argues that an Atlantic-world approach reveals how race, slavery, class, and gender shaped what it meant to be French on both sides of the ocean.
Introduction Sweet Liberty: The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique 1. "That Your Hearts Will Blossom and Again Become French": The Early Napoleonic Period 2. "Happy to Consider Itself an Ancient British Possession": The British Occupation of Martinique 3. "Your French and Loyal Hearts": The First Decade of the Restoration 4. "In the Colonies, It Is Impossible That a White Would Align Himself With Slaves": Shifts in Colonial Policy 5. "To Ensure Equality Before Those Laws to Free Men, Whatever Their Color": Changing Ideas of French Citizenship 6. "Amelioration of the White Race" and "The Sacred Rights of Property": The End of Slavery in the French Atlantic Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Index Acknowledgments Illustrations follow page 108
Introduction Sweet Liberty: The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique 1. "That Your Hearts Will Blossom and Again Become French": The Early Napoleonic Period 2. "Happy to Consider Itself an Ancient British Possession": The British Occupation of Martinique 3. "Your French and Loyal Hearts": The First Decade of the Restoration 4. "In the Colonies, It Is Impossible That a White Would Align Himself With Slaves": Shifts in Colonial Policy 5. "To Ensure Equality Before Those Laws to Free Men, Whatever Their Color": Changing Ideas of French Citizenship 6. "Amelioration of the White Race" and "The Sacred Rights of Property": The End of Slavery in the French Atlantic Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Index Acknowledgments Illustrations follow page 108
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