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Weiss, Gillian Lee.

Captives and corsairs France and slavery in the early modern Mediterranean / [electronic resource] : Gillian Weiss. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011. - xi, 389 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mediterranean slavery -- Salvation without the state -- Manumission and absolute monarchy -- Bombarding Barbary -- Emancipation in an age of enlightenment -- Liberation and empire from the Revolution to Napoleon -- Barbary slavery in black and white -- The conquest of Algiers.

French response to the capture and enslavement of French citizens and subjects by Muslim corsairs in the Mediterranean.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slavery--History.--Africa, North
French--History.--Africa, North
Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Africa, North
Slavery--Political aspects--History.--France
Pirates--History.--Africa, North

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France--Relations--Africa, North.
Africa, North--Relations--France.
Africa, North--History--1517-1882.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HT1345 / .W45 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 306.3/620961