Main entry:

Mackey, Frank.

Title & Author:

Done with slavery : the Black fact in Montreal, 1760-1840 / Frank Mackey.

Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010.

Description:

[ix], 604 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm

Series:

Studies on the history of Quebec ; 21

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-575) and index.
Introduction -- What slavery? -- There ought to be a law -- Still counting -- Things as they were -- Deer out of a cage -- On steamboats -- Jacks of all trades -- Political colours -- The colour of justice -- Shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm -- One thousand characters in search of an author or two -- Appendix I : Newspaper notices -- Appendix II : Slavery in the judges' eyes -- Appendix III : Spoils of war -- Appendix IV : The King v. Alexander Grant, George Nixon and Moses Powell Wormley.
Includes some text in French.

Summary:

"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."--Publisher Description

Resources:
Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

9780773535787 (hardback)
0773535780 (hardback)

Subject:

Edam, B.
Black people Québec (Province) Montréal History.
Slavery Québec (Province) Montréal History.
Black people Québec (Province) Montréal Social conditions.
Personnes noires Québec (Province) Montréal Histoire.
Esclavage Québec (Province) Montréal Histoire.
Personnes noires Québec (Province) Montréal Conditions sociales.
Black people
Black people Social conditions
Race relations
Slavery
Sklaverei
Schwarze.
Montréal (Québec) Race relations History.
Montréal (Québec) History.
Canada History 1763-1791.
Canada History 1791-1841.
Québec (Province) History 1791-1841.
Canada Histoire 1763-1791.
Québec (Province) Histoire 1791-1841.
Canada Histoire 1791-1841.
Canada
Québec Montréal
Montreal.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Studies on the history of Quebec ; 21.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308302
Call No.: BIB 253723
Status: Available