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

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2010]

©2010

viii, 604 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plan, portraits.

Studies on the history of Quebec ; 21.

"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."--pub. desc.

Includes some text in French.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-579) and index.

English

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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