L' engrenage de la liberté
Subtitle: Caraïbes-XIXe siècle
By: Nelly Schmidt.
Publisher: Université de Provence
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Aix-en-Provence
Language: fre
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Slaves -- Emancipation -- Caribbean Area -- History.; Ethnology -- Caribbean Area.; Caribbean Area -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements.
Description: "Written by specialist on French abolition, offers comparative approach to similar processes throughout the Caribbean. Stresses impact of British abolitionist policy on the French, as well as the specific characteristics of the French policy: authorities and former masters kept a tight grip on the enfranchised labor force which showed no massive movement of desertion or refusal to work. Indentured workers were hired to lower the cost of labor"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-355) and indexes.