Record Nr.

UNINA9910461630503321

Autore

Mackey Frank

Titolo

Done with slavery [[electronic resource] ] : the Black fact in Montreal, 1760-1840 / / Frank Mackey

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-283-53104-6

9786613843494

0-7735-8311-4

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic text (viii, 604 p.) : ill., facsims., maps, plan, ports., digital file

Collana

Studies on the history of Quebec ; ; 21

Disciplina

971.4/2800496

Soggetti

Black people - Québec (Province) - Montréal - History

Slavery - Québec (Province) - Montréal - History

Black people - Québec (Province) - Montréal - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Montréal (Québec) Race relations History

Montréal (Québec) History

Canada History 1763-1791

Canada History 1791-1841

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [553]-579) and index.

Nota di contenuto

What slavery? -- There ought to be a law -- Still counting -- Things as they were -- Deer out of a cage -- On steamboats -- Jacks of all trades -- Political colours -- The colour of justice -- Shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm -- One thousand characters in search of an author or two.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.