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By the late 1700s, half the free population of Saint Domingue was black and exercised a high degree of social, economic, and physical mobility. Covering the period 1776-1791, this study offers the most comprehensive portrait to date of Saint Domingue's free black elites on the eve of the colony's transformation into the republic of Haiti.
Free black people --- Haiti --- History
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"Cette étude du statut des esclaves et des affranchis à Bordeaux au XVIIIe et au début du XIXe siècle montre leur insertion dans l'activité économique, comme dans l'artisanat, le commerce, la marine ou la domesticité. Elle expose leurs conditions sociales et décrit l'ambivalence de ces parcours, entre marginalisation et intégration, exploitation et émancipation"--Publisher's website.
Slaves --- Slaves --- Free Black people --- Free Black people --- History --- Social conditions --- History --- Social conditions
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'Escape to the City' examines runaways who camouflaged themselves among the free Black populations in Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans, and Richmond. Viola Franziska Müller reveals how urbanization, work opportunities, and the interconnectedness of free and enslaved African Americans determined how successfully runaways could remain invisible to authorities.
Slavery --- Free Black people --- Fugitive slaves --- History. --- History
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Land grants. --- Resolutions, Legislative. --- Slavery. --- Free Black people.
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Land grants. --- Resolutions, Legislative. --- Slavery. --- Free Black people.
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Covering the colonial period to the Civil War and spanning all of the northern United States, this text documents the antebellum northern black experience. It demonstrates the central role of the black community in successfully managing the tensions born of assimilation and cultural difference.
African Americans --- Free African Americans --- Free Afro-Americans --- Free blacks --- History --- History. --- Free Black people
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Antislavery movements. --- Colonization. --- Emigration and immigration. --- Federal aid. --- Slave trade. --- Free Black people. --- Emigration Canyon (Utah)
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Census. --- Representative government and representation. --- Free Black people. --- Legislators --- Slaves. --- White people. --- Enslaved persons.
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