Done with slavery : the Black fact in Montreal, 1760-1840 /

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Author / Creator:	Mackey, Frank.
Imprint:	Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource ([ix], 604 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits.
Language:	English French
Series:	Studies on the history of Quebec ; 21 Studies on the history of Quebec ; 21.
Subject:	Blacks -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History. Slavery -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History. Blacks -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Social conditions. Blacks. Blacks -- Social conditions. Race relations. Slavery. Montréal (Québec) -- Race relations -- History. Montréal (Québec) -- History. Canada -- History -- 1763-1791. Canada -- History -- 1791-1841. Canada. Québec -- Montréal. History. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11121571

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ISBN:	9780773583115 0773583114 9780773535787 0773535780
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-575) and index. Includes some text in French. Print version record.
Summary:	"Through close examination of archival and contemporary sources, Mackey uncovers largely unknown aspects of the black transition from slavery to freedom. While he considers the changing legal status of slavery, much of the book provides a detailed and nuanced reconstruction of the circumstances of black Montrealers and their lived experience. The resulting picture is remarkably complex, showing the variety of occupations held by blacks, the relationships they had with those they served, their encounters with the judicial and political systems, and the racial mingling that came with intermarriage and apprenticeships. Done with Slavery casts the categories of blackness and slavery in a new light, showing that broad histories of the phenomenon must begin to take into account the specifics of the lives of "marginal" black populations."--Publisher Description.
Other form:	Print version: Mackey, Frank. Done with slavery. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010 9780773535787

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