Reviews
"Peabody has produced a solid piece of legal and social hostory....this is an impressively researched, exhaustively documented book, a model of how to exploit archival and legal primary sources. It should prove to be the definitive study of the slavery question in mainland France prior to theFrench Revolution."--American Historical Review, "...a superb scholarly investigation of the so-called 'Freedom Principle'....Strongly based on archival research, this well-written study deserves wide readership."--Choice, "The book is a good example of the wealth of information that can be gleaned from an examination of legal cases. Peabody's scholarly monograph is a welcome addition to what is still a narrow shelf of books and articles about race and slavery in eighteenth-century France."--Journal ofInterdisciplinary History, "...a superb scholarly investigation of the so-called 'Freedom Principle'....Strongly based on archival research, this well-written study deserves wide readership."-- Choice "...grounded firmly in archival research and a comprehensive survey of secondary material."-- History "The book is a good example of the wealth of information that can be gleaned from an examination of legal cases. Peabody's scholarly monograph is a welcome addition to what is still a narrow shelf of books and articles about race and slavery in eighteenth-century France."-- Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Peabody has produced a solid piece of legal and social hostory....this is an impressively researched, exhaustively documented book, a model of how to exploit archival and legal primary sources. It should prove to be the definitive study of the slavery question in mainland France prior to the French Revolution."-- American Historical Review, "[A] superb scholarly investigation of the so-called 'Freedom Principle'...Strongly based on archival research, this well-written study deserves wide readership."--CHOICE "[G]rounded firmly in archival research and a comprehensive survey of secondary material."--History "The book is a good example of the wealth of information that can be gleaned from an examination of legal cases. Peabody's scholarly monograph is a welcome addition to what is still a narrow shelf of books and articles about race and slavery in eighteenth-century France."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Peabody has produced a solid piece of legal and social hostory...[T]his is an impressively researched, exhaustively documented book, a model of how to exploit archival and legal primary sources. It should prove to be the definitive study of the slavery question in mainland France prior to the French Revolution."--American Historical Review, "Peabody has produced a solid piece of legal and social hostory....this isan impressively researched, exhaustively documented book, a model of how toexploit archival and legal primary sources. It should prove to be thedefinitive study of the slavery question in mainland France prior to the FrenchRevolution."--American Historical Review, "...Grounded Firmly in Archival Research and a Comprehensive Survey of Secondary Material."--History, "[A] superb scholarly investigation of the so-called 'Freedom Principle'...Strongly based on archival research, this well-written study deserves wide readership."--CHOICE"[G]rounded firmly in archival research and a comprehensive survey of secondary material."--History"The book is a good example of the wealth of information that can be gleaned from an examination of legal cases. Peabody's scholarly monograph is a welcome addition to what is still a narrow shelf of books and articles about race and slavery in eighteenth-century France."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Peabody has produced a solid piece of legal and social hostory...[T]his is an impressively researched, exhaustively documented book, a model of how to exploit archival and legal primary sources. It should prove to be the definitive study of the slavery question in mainland France prior to the French Revolution."--American Historical Review, "...a superb scholarly investigation of the so-called 'FreedomPrinciple'....Strongly based on archival research, this well-written studydeserves wide readership."--Choice, "...a superb scholarly investigation of the so-called 'Freedom Principle'....Strongly based on archival research, this well-written study deserves wide readership."--Choice "...grounded firmly in archival research and a comprehensive survey of secondary material."--History "The book is a good example of the wealth of information that can be gleaned from an examination of legal cases. Peabody's scholarly monograph is a welcome addition to what is still a narrow shelf of books and articles about race and slavery in eighteenth-century France."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Peabody has produced a solid piece of legal and social hostory....this is an impressively researched, exhaustively documented book, a model of how to exploit archival and legal primary sources. It should prove to be the definitive study of the slavery question in mainland France prior to the French Revolution."--American Historical Review, "The book is a good example of the wealth of information that can begleaned from an examination of legal cases. Peabody's scholarly monograph is awelcome addition to what is still a narrow shelf of books and articles aboutrace and slavery in eighteenth-century France."--Journal of InterdisciplinaryHistory, "...a superb scholarly investigation of the so-called 'Freedom Principle'....Strongly based on archival research, this well-written study deserves wide readership."--Choice "...grounded firmly in archival research and a comprehensive survey of secondary material."--History "The book is a good example of the wealth of information that can be gleaned from an examination of legal cases. Peabody's scholarly monograph is a welcome addition to what is still a narrow shelf of books and articles about race and slavery in eighteenth-century France."--Journal ofInterdisciplinary History "Peabody has produced a solid piece of legal and social hostory....this is an impressively researched, exhaustively documented book, a model of how to exploit archival and legal primary sources. It should prove to be the definitive study of the slavery question in mainland France prior to the French Revolution."--American Historical Review
