Saint Domingue [ Trade / Politics & Society ]
… Image Labrousse, Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, ‘Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Danse de Negres à St. Domingue’’, Wikimedia Commons, circa 1797. Image James Sharples, 'Mederic-Louis-Elie Moreau de Saint-Mery', The Met Museum, 24.109.89, … and gender lines. Forms 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 … from one plantation or town for those of others. 5 When a maroon sought to return to the plantation, a chain of intermediaries could be involved to placate the slave owner or manager. The success in mitigating the punishment depended on …
France | Marronage | North America | Slavery | Theatre | Women
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