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  • - An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of Emancipation
    af Rebecca J. Scott
    244,95 kr.

    This saga opens with the enslavement of a woman from Senegambia, and then traces her family s quest, across five generations, for lives of dignity and equality. The story of Rosalie and her descendants unfolds against the background of three great antiracist struggles: the Haitian Revolution, the French Revolution of 1848, and the U.S. Civil War."

  • - The Transition to Free Labor, 1860-1899
    af Rebecca J. Scott
    678,95 kr.

    A study of the end of slavery in Cuba. It explores the dynamics of the Cuban emancipation, arguing that slavery was not simply abolished by the metropolitan power of Spain or abandoned because of economic contradictions, but was a prolonged process unfolding through a series of transformations.

  • - Louisiana and Cuba after Slavery
    af Rebecca J. Scott
    379,95 kr.

    As Louisiana and Cuba emerged from slavery in the late nineteenth century, each faced the question of what rights former slaves could claim. Degrees of Freedom compares and contrasts these two societies in which slavery was destroyed by war, and citizenship was redefined through social and political upheaval.

  • - Explorations of Race, Labor, and Citizenship in Postemancipation Societies
    af Rebecca J. Scott
    463,95 kr.

    This study explores the transition from slavery to freedom and what this transition meant for former slaves, former slaveowners, and the societies in which they lived. It covers areas such as Jamaica, Louisiana, Cuba, and French West Africa.

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