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. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Slavery--History.--Africa, North French--History.--Africa, North Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Africa, North Slavery--Political aspects--History.--France Pirates--History.--Africa, North