Paths to Freedom: Manumission in the Atlantic World

by Randy J. Sparks

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 Rosemary Brana-Shute and Randy J. Sparks present a volume of essays that comprise the first-ever comparative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570037744
• ISBN13: 9781570037740
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"