Done with slavery : the Black fact in Montreal, 1760-1840 / / Frank Mackey.
"Through close examination of archival and contemporary sources, Mackey uncovers largely unknown aspects of the black transition from slavery to freedom. While he considers the changing legal status of slavery, much of the book provides a detailed and nuanced reconstruction of the circumstances...
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Superior document: | Studies on the history of Quebec ; 21 |
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Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English French |
Series: | Studies on the history of Quebec ;
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Physical Description: | viii, 604 p. :; ill., facsims., maps, plan, ports. |
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Table of Contents:
- What slavery?
- There ought to be a law
- Still counting
- Things as they were
- Deer out of a cage
- On steamboats
- Jacks of all trades
- Political colours
- The colour of justice
- Shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm
- One thousand characters in search of an author or two.