Beyond Slavery: Explorations of Race, Labor, and Citizenship in Postemancipation Societies

214 Pages·2000·12.066 MB·English

by  Frederick Cooper, Thomas C. Holt, Rebecca J. Scott

Beyond Slavery

FrederickC ooper
Thomas C. Holt
RebeccaJ. Scott
Beyond Slavery
Explorations of Race, Labor, and Citizenship
in Postemancipation Societies
The University of North Carolina Press
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Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cooper, Frederick, 1947-
Beyond slavery: explorations of race, labor, and
citizenship in postemancipation societies /
Frederick Cooper, Thomas C. Holt, Rebecca J. Scott.
p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8078-2541-7 (cloth: alk. paper) -
ISBN 0-8078-4854-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)
i. Freedmen. 2. Race. 3. Citizenship. 4. Slaves
-Emancipation. I. Holt, Thomas C. (Thomas
Cleveland), 1942- II. Scott, Rebecca J. (Rebecca
Jarvis), 950- III. Title.
HT731.C66 2000 326'.8'0973-dc2I 99-053083
04 03 02 01 00 5 4 3 2 1
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction i
Thomas C. Holt The Essence of the Contract
The Articulation of Race,
Gender, and Political
Economy in British
Emancipation Policy,
1838-1866 33
RebeccaJ. Scott Fault Lins, Color Lins, and Party Lines
Race, Labor, and Collective
Action in Louisiana and
Cuba, 1862-1912 61
Frederick Cooper Conditions Analogousto Slavery
Imperialism and Free Labor
Ideology in Africa 107
Afterword 151
Notes
157
Index 189

Illustrations and Maps
Illustrations A formal dinner at
Dawkins Caymanis Estate
in Jamaica, 1838 45
"Dancing the treadmill"
inJamaica, 1837 58
A view of Thibodaux,
Louisiana, 1866 74
Tomis Pdrez y Pdrez 1i
Filix Houphouft-Boigny
addressing a crowd of
supporters, 1946 138
Maps Jamaica, ca. 1895 35
The bayou parishes of
Louisiana, early twentieth
century 62
The province of Santa Clara
(Las Villas), Cuba, early
twentieth century 64
French colonial Africa 1o9