Histories under construction

Slavery, emancipation, and post-emancipation in the French Caribbean

verfasst von

Ulrike Schmieder

Abstract

This article resumes the state of historiography on slavery, emancipation, and post-emancipation in the French Caribbean, particularly with respect to Martinique and Guadeloupe, with emphasis on gender questions. It treats laws on slavery, gender-specific division of labor, slave families, slave resistance, gendered forms of manumission, the abolition process, the substitution of slave labor by coerced labor of former slaves and immigrant contract workers, postslavery conflicts in labor court records, and discusses open research questions, e.g., about former slaves' ideas on, and agency in family and gender relations.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Historisches Seminar

Typ

Übersichtsarbeit

Journal

Review

Band

31

Seiten

217-242

Anzahl der Seiten

26

ISSN

0147-9032

Publikationsdatum

2008

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Geografie, Planung und Entwicklung