Histories under construction

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

authored by

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.

Organisation(s)

History Department

Type

Review article

Journal

Review

Volume

31

Pages

217-242

No. of pages

26

ISSN

0147-9032

Publication date

2008

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development