Sweet liberty
Subtitle: the final days of slavery in Martinique
By: Rebecca Hartkopf Schloss.
Series: Early American studies
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780812241723
Subjects: Slavery -- Martinique -- History; Slaves -- Martinique -- History; Martinique -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Sweet liberty : the end of slavery in Martinique; title: "That your hearts will blossom and again become French" : the early Napoleonic period; title: "Happy to consider itself an ancient British possession" : the British occupation of Martinique; title: "Your French and loyal hearts" : the first decade of the restoration; title: "In the colonies, it is impossible that a white would align himself with slaves" : shifts in colonial policy; title: "To ensure equality before those laws to free men, whatever their color" : changing ideas of French citizenship; title: "Amelioration of the white race" and "the sacred rights of property" : the end of slavery in the French Atlantic.