The death of the French Atlantic : trade, war, and slavery in the age of revolution /
War, revolution, and anti-slavery were the three major forces which led to the dramatic decline of France's Atlantic empire with the loss of her richest Caribbean colony, Saint-Domingue. Alan Forrest draws a rich portrait of France's Atlantic communities in this tumultuous period, and the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | War, revolution, and anti-slavery were the three major forces which led to the dramatic decline of France's Atlantic empire with the loss of her richest Caribbean colony, Saint-Domingue. Alan Forrest draws a rich portrait of France's Atlantic communities in this tumultuous period, and the uneasy legacy of the French slave trade. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 320 pages) : maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191667435 0191667439 9780191757617 0191757616 9780192570734 0192570730 |