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 - Paths to Freedom: Manumission in the Atlantic World (Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World) - 9781570037740 - V9781570037740
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Paths to Freedom: Manumission in the Atlantic World (Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World)

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Description for Paths to Freedom: Manumission in the Atlantic World (Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World) Hardcover. Presents an international comparative study of a mode of emancipation that worked to reinforce the institution of slavery. This book presents a volume of essays that comprises a comparative study of manumission - the act of freeing a slave while the institution of slavery continues - as it affected slave systems on both sides of the Atlantic. Editor(s): Brana-Shute, Rosemary; Sparks, Randy J. Series Editor(s): Lewis, Simon; Poole, W. Scott; Gleeson, David. Series: Carolina Lowcountry & the Atlantic World. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 703.
This book presents an international comparative study of a mode of emancipation that worked to reinforce the institution of slavery. Manumission - the act of freeing a slave while the institution of slavery continues - has received relatively little scholarly attention as compared to other aspects of slavery and emancipation. To address this gap, editors Rosemary Brana-Shute and Randy J. Sparks present a volume of essays that comprise the first-ever comparative study of manumission as it affected slave systems on both sides of the Atlantic. In this landmark volume, an international group of scholars consider the history and implications of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Condition
New
Series
Carolina Lowcountry & the Atlantic World
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781570037740
SKU
V9781570037740
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Ref
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About
Rosemary Brana-Shute is retired professor of history at the College of Charleston and a cofounder of its Program in the Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World. Her other books include Crime and Punishment in the Caribbean and Money, Trade, and Power: The Evolution of Colonial South Carolina's Plantation Economy. Randy J. Sparks is a professor of history at Tulane University ... Read more

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