Black Townsmen: Urban Slavery and Freedom in the Eighteenth-Century Americas (Americas in the Early Modern Atlantic World)
by M. Dantas
Black Townsmen examines urban slavery and freedom in the eighteenth-century Americas. Set within the early modern Atlantic world, this scholarly work considers Black life in towns and the connections among urban society, enslavement, and freedom across the Americas.
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Black Townsmen explores urban slavery and freedom in the eighteenth-century Americas.
Framed within the early modern Atlantic world, the book focuses on the experiences and historical position of Black townspeople.
Its subject connects urban life, slavery, and changing forms of freedom across the Americas.
This volume is suited to readers of Atlantic history, slavery studies, and the history of Black communities.
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