Slave No More
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abolition of slavery
abolitionism
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church and slavery
comparative history of slavery in the Americas
Denmark Vesey's conspiracy
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fugitive slaves
Gabriel Prosser's conspiracy
Haitian Revolution
impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Americas
maroon societies
men and children slaves
Muslim slave insurrection in Brazil
Nat Turner's revolt
Simon Bolivar and slavery
slave insurrection in Barbados
slave insurrection in Berbice
slave insurrection in Demerara
slave insurrection in Suriname
slave insurrections in Jamaica
slave labor
slave soldiers
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slaves family relationships
slaves in Argentina
slaves in Brazil
slaves in Canada
slaves in Central America
slaves in Colombia
slaves in Cuba
slaves in Florida
slaves in Georgia
slaves in Latin America
slaves in Louisiana
slaves in Mexico
slaves in New York
slaves in North America
slaves in Pennsylvania
slaves in Peru
slaves in South Carolina
slaves in Spanish America
slaves in the American Revolution
Slaves in the Americas
slaves in the British Caribbean
slaves in the Caribbean
slaves in the Dutch Caribbean
slaves in the French Caribbean
slaves in the Guianas
slaves in the Spanish American wars of independence
slaves in the United States
slaves in Venezuela
slaves insurrection
slaves legal status
slaves manumission and emancipation
Slaves religion and evangelization
slaves resistance
slaves self-purchase
slaves social life and conditions
slaves trials
slaves writings and petitions
torture and execution
Toussaint Louverture and slavery
transatlantic slave trade
urban and rural
violence against slaves
women
Product details
- ISBN 9781469649634
- Weight: 543g
- Dimensions: 155 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 11 Mar 2019
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Commanding a vast historiography of slavery and emancipation, Aline Helg reveals as never before how significant numbers of enslaved Africans across the entire Western Hemisphere managed to free themselves hundreds of years before the formation of white-run abolitionist movements. Her sweeping view of resistance and struggle covers more than three centuries, from early colonization to the American and Haitian revolutions, Spanish American independence, and abolition in the British Caribbean. Helg not only underscores the agency of those who managed to become ""free people of color"" before abolitionism took hold but also assesses in detail the specific strategies they created and utilized.
While recognizing the powerful forces supporting slavery, Helg articulates four primary liberation strategies: flight and marronage; manumission by legal document; military service, for men, in exchange for promised emancipation; and revolt—along with a willingness to exploit any weakness in the domination system. Helg looks at such actions at both individual and community levels and in the context of national and international political movements. Bringing together the broad currents of liberal abolitionism with an original analysis of forms of manumission and marronage, Slave No More deepens our understanding of how enslaved men, women, and even children contributed to the slow demise of slavery.
While recognizing the powerful forces supporting slavery, Helg articulates four primary liberation strategies: flight and marronage; manumission by legal document; military service, for men, in exchange for promised emancipation; and revolt—along with a willingness to exploit any weakness in the domination system. Helg looks at such actions at both individual and community levels and in the context of national and international political movements. Bringing together the broad currents of liberal abolitionism with an original analysis of forms of manumission and marronage, Slave No More deepens our understanding of how enslaved men, women, and even children contributed to the slow demise of slavery.
Aline Helg is professor of history at the University of Geneva and author of Our Rightful Share and Equality in Caribbean Colombia, 1770—1835.
Lara Vergnaud is a French-English translator based in Washington, D.C.
Lara Vergnaud is a French-English translator based in Washington, D.C.
