"There are no slaves in France" : the political culture of race and slavery in the Ancien Régime

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"There are no slaves in France" : the political culture of race and slavery in the Ancien Régime

Title remainder

the political culture of race and slavery in the Ancien Régime

Statement of responsibility

Sue Peabody

Creator

• Peabody, Sue

Subject

• Ancien Régime
• Blacks -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- France -- History -- 18th century
• Culture politique -- France -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
• France -- Race relations | History -- 18th century
• France -- Relations raciales | Histoire -- 18e siècle
• History
• Abolitionisme
• Political culture -- France -- History -- 18th century
• Racism -- France -- History -- 18th century
• Racisme -- France -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
• Rassentheorieën
• Slavernij
• Noirs -- Droit -- France -- Histoire -- 18e siècle

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

""There Are No Slaves in France": The Political Culture of Race and Slavery in the Ancient Regime examines the paradox of political antislavery and institutional racism in the century prior to the French Revolution." "Black slaves who came to France as domestic servants of colonial masters challenged their servitude in courts. On the basis of the Freedom Principle, ã judicial maxim granting freedom to any slave who set foot in the kingdom, hundreds of slaves won their freedom." "Sue Peabody shows how the political culture of late Bourbon France created ample opportunities for contestation over the meaning of freedom. Men of letters used the metaphor of slavery to critique the supposed despotism of Louis XV and Louis XVI. In the second half of the century, courts and the crown colluded to erect a series of laws prohibiting the entry of blacks into the metropolis. "There Are No Slaves in France" shows how both antislavery and anti-black discourses emerged from the tension between France's reification of liberty and its dependence on colonial slavery."--Jacket

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

305.896/044/09033

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

DC133.4

LC item number

.P43 1996

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography