Saint Domingue [ Trade / Politics & Society ]
… years 1788, 1789, and 1790 (London: T. Cadell nd W. Davies, 1797). Abstract This entry discusses the various forms of public sociability in pre-revolutionary Saint Domingue and how they became increasingly racialised. Despite European … in marriages and business; and the theatre. The entry shows how racialisation shaped the development of Saint-Domingue’s public sphere, setting up a clash between whites and free people of colour with the coming of the French Revolution. … a significant role in eighteenth-century societies in Europe, especially in cities. Paris and London boasted lively public spheres as well as influential intimate ones, such as salons, where ideas, taste and politics were shaped. But did …
France | Marronage | North America | Slavery | Theatre | Women
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