Saint Domingue [ Trade / Politics & Society ]
… of sociability discussed include dance and voodoo on plantations; the culture of maronnage; the mediating role of free women of colour in marriages and business; and the theatre. The entry shows how racialisation shaped the development of … French Revolution. Places > Trade Practices > Politics & Society Keywords France Marronage North America Slavery Theatre Women As historical scholarship over the past few decades has shown , sociability played a significant role in … for example) refused to live there and relied on local agents and managers (and sometimes concubines, who were often women of colour) to run their affairs. 2 Those who did settle in the colony generally did so only for a few years before …
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