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<p>From its founding, Martinique played an integral role in France's Atlantic empire. Established in the mid-seventeenth century as a colonial outpost against Spanish and English dominance in the Caribbean, the island was transformed by the increase in European demand for sugar, coffee, and indigo. Like other colonial subjects, Martinicans met the labor needs of cash-crop cultivation by establishing plantations worked by enslaved Africans and by adopting the rigidly hierarchical social structure that accompanied chattel slavery. After Haiti gained its independence in 1804, Martinique's economic importance to the French empire increased. At the same time, questions arose, both in France and on the island, about the long-term viability of the plantation system, including debates about the ways colonists&mdash;especially enslaved Africans and free mixed-race individuals&mdash;fit into the French nation.<br><br><i>Sweet Liberty</i> chronicles the history of Martinique from France's reacquisition of the island from the British in 1802 to the abolition of slavery in 1848. Focusing on the relationship between the island's widely diverse society and the various waves of French and British

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Author

Schloss, Rebecca Hartkopf

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781283890540

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, History, Sociology