Paths to Freedom: Manumission in the Atlantic by Rosemary Brana-Shute HARDBACK

University of South Carolina Press

Paths to Freedom: Manumission in the Atlantic World\nby Rosemary Brana-Shute\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Rosemary Brana-Shute\nTitle: Paths to Freedom: Manumission in the Atlantic World\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Slavery and abolition of slavery\nPublisher: University of South Carolina Press\nPublication year: 2009\nISBN-13: 9781570037740\nISBN-10: 1570037744\nRRP: \u00A353.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis book presents an international comparative study of a mode of emancipation that worked to reinforce the institution of slavery. Manumission - the act of freeing a slave while the institution of slavery continues - has received relatively little scholarly attention as compared to other aspects of slavery and emancipation. To address this gap, editors Rosema.