Undoing Slavery American Abolotionism in Transnational Perspective (1776-1865)

• Other Authors: Roy, Michaël (Editor), Rossignol, Marie-Jeanne (Editor), Parfait, Claire (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Éditions Rue d'Ulm 2018
• Series: Actes de la recherche à l'ENS
• Subjects: History; colonialism; abolition of slavery; anti-slavery; essay; slavery; american abolitionism; slaveries escape; black activist
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Undoing Slavery: American Abolitionism in Transnational Perspective (1776-1865) is a collection of seven essays by leading and emerging scholars of abolition in France. Contributors to the volume situate American abolitionism in a transnational framework, pointing out how slaves running away to Cana...