Urban slavery in the age of abolition / edited by Karwan Fatah-Black.
When the full abolition of slavery appeared on the political agenda in the Atlantic world, the institutional arrangements that underpinned it changed dramatically. This volume explores how cities were part and parcel of slave societies, and how methods of control as well as routes to emancipation ch...
| Uniform Title: | International review of social history. Special issue ;
28. |
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY :
Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge,
[2020]
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| Series: | International review of social history. Special issue ;
28. |
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| Physical Description: | 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
| Summary: |
When the full abolition of slavery appeared on the political agenda in the Atlantic world, the institutional arrangements that underpinned it changed dramatically. This volume explores how cities were part and parcel of slave societies, and how methods of control as well as routes to emancipation changed in the century before emancipation. |
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| Call Number: | HT861 .U73 2020 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781108825757 1108825753 |