Caroline Oudin Bastide: 2 books
Calculation and Morality
The Costs of Slavery and the Value of Emancipation in the French Antilles
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Debates about whether to maintain or abolish slavery revolved around two key values: the morality of enslaving other human beings and the economic benefits and costs of slavery as compared to free labor. Various and conflicting arguments were presented by abolitionists, colonists, and administrators...
L'effroi et la terreur
Esclavage, poison et sorcellerie aux Antilles
Language: French
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Une étrange épidémie d'" empoisonnements " s'est répandue dans les Antilles françaises aux XVIII e et XIX e siècles. Les colons prêtent aux " nègres " (sorciers et guérisseurs) une extraordinaire force de nuisance et d'effrayants pouvoirs.L'incapacité de la justice ordinaire...