| Series |
France overseas : studies in empire and decolonization
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| Contents |
Introduction: The alchemy of merit -- Sympathy ink : staging humanity in a revolutionary empire -- An ebullient summer : the Amis des Noirs organize to fight the slave trade -- Children of a common father : free people of color as objects of sympathy -- Who belongs as citizens? The antinomies of rights and freedom -- Facing insurrection : free colored rights or emancipation -- "What kind of free is this?" : probationary citizens and the dilemmas of general liberty -- Can the old colonies be saved? "Disfigured slaves" and the new abolitionism -- The hermeneutics of freedom and violence : justifying slavery after emancipation -- Conclusion : the allure and tragedy of meritorious belonging -- Epilogue : forgotten promises of representative democracy. |
| Abstract |
"By mapping the quandaries of racial equality in Atlantic revolutions, A Frail Liberty contrasts the treatment and status of two colonial populations with African ancestry to document the link between exceptionalism and political inclusion"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-410) and index. |
| LCCN | 2022003335 |
| ISBN | 9781496227294 |
| ISBN | 1496227298 |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
