Captives and corsairs
Subtitle: France and slavery in the early modern Mediterranean
By: Gillian Weiss
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9780804770002
Subjects: Relations; Pirates; Slaves; Emancipation; Slavery; French; History
Description: French response to the capture and enslavement of French citizens and subjects by Muslim corsairs in the Mediterranean.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-378) and index.
Table of contents: title: Mediterranean slavery; title: Salvation without the state; title: Manumission and absolute monarchy; title: Bombarding Barbary; title: Emancipation in an age of enlightenment; title: Liberation and empire from the Revolution to Napoleon; title: Barbary slavery in black and white; title: The conquest of Algiers.