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Frontiers of servitude explores the fundamental ideas behind early French thinking about Atlantic slavery in little-examined printed and archival sources, focusing on what 'made' a slave, what was unique about Caribbean labour, and what strategic approaches meant in interacting with slaves. From c. 1620 –1750, authoritative discourses were confronted with new social realities, and servitude was accompanied by continuing moral uncertainties. Slavery gave the ownership of labour and even time, but

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Author

Michael Harrigan

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781526122247

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Social Science, Sociology

Updated

2026-03-25