Title Captives and corsairs : France and slavery in the early modern Mediterranean / Gillian Weiss

Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 389 pages) : illustrations, map Contents Mediterranean slavery -- Salvation without the state -- Manumission and absolute monarchy -- Bombarding Barbary -- Emancipation in an age of enlightenment -- Liberation and empire from the Revolution to Napoleon -- North African servitude in black and white -- The conquest of Algiers Summary French response to the capture and enslavement of French citizens and subjects by Muslim corsairs in the Mediterranean Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-378) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Slavery -- Africa, North -- History French -- Africa, North -- History Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Africa, North -- History Slavery -- Political aspects -- France -- History Pirates -- Africa, North -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery. HISTORY -- Europe -- France. French Pirates International relations Slavery Slavery -- Political aspects Enslaved persons -- Emancipation SUBJECT France -- Relations -- Africa, North Africa, North -- Relations -- France Africa, North -- History -- 1517-1882. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001641 Subject North Africa France Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780804777841 0804777845

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