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.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [553]-579) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.4/2800496
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-qu
- ISBN
- 9780773583115 0773535780
- LCCN
- F1054.5.M89
- LCCN Item number
- N3 2010eb
- Modifying agency
- DLC
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (viii, 604 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00230161 (OCoLC)768441142 (CaOOCEL)435909
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Introduction 14
- 1 What slavery? 26
- 2 There ought to be a law 47
- 3 Still counting 90
- 4 “Things as they were” 119
- 5 Deer out of a cage 147
- 6 On steamboats 175
- 7 Jacks of all trades 194
- 8 Political colours 229
- 9 The colour of justice 247
- 10 Shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm 277
- 11 One thousand characters in search of an author or two 303
- Appendices 318
- I: Newspaper notices 318
- A. Slave sales and fugitives 318
- B. Miscellaneous notices referring to blacks 351
- C. Three earliest advertisements by blacks 355
- II: Slavery in the judges’ eyes 356
- III: Spoils of war 392
- IV: The King v. Alexander Grant, George Nixon and Moses Powell Wormley 419
- Abbreviations 428
- Notes 430
- Sources 564
- Information on illustrations 588
- Index 592
- A 592
- B 592
- C 594
- D 595
- E 596
- F 597
- G 597
- H 598
- I 599
- J 599
- K 600
- L 600
- M 601
- N 603
- O 603
- P 604
- Q 605
- R 605
- S 605
- T 607
- U 608
- V 608
- W 608
- Y 609
- Z 609
- SLAVES 609
- A 609
- B 610
- C 610
- D 611
- E 611
- F 611
- G 611
- H 611
- I 612
- J 612
- K 612
- L 612
- M 613
- N 613
- P 613
- Q 613
- R 614
- R 614
- T 614
- U 614
- V 615
- W 615
- Y 615
